bby_944313 - JUSTINIAN I Nummia
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Type : Nummia
Date: 533-538
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 8,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 0,59 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie décentrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine foncée
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Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection A. J. G. L.
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE TRONQUÉE.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A’).
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand A.
Reverse translation : (1).
Commentary
C’est la plus petite dénomination monétaire frappée pour l’empire Byzantin à Carthage. Il en fallait 7200 pour faire un solidus. le A est pour nummus, unité.
Historical background
JUSTINIAN I
(1/08/527-14/11/565)
Justinian succeeded his uncle Justin in 527 after a co-regency from April 4 to August 1, 527. He reigned with Empress Theodora. The construction of Hagia Sophia was completed under his reign, which marks the height of the Byzantine conquests. Carthage as well as Africa and part of Numidia were reconquered from the Vandals thanks to General Bélisaire. After a century of Vandal domination, Romanism once again reigned over the Mediterranean. Belisarius then attacked the Ostrogoths and took Rome on December 9, 536. Theodora died in 545. Justinian reigned another twenty years. Childless, his nephew Justin II succeeded him..
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