bby_790242 - JUSTINIAN I Octonummium
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Type : Octonummium
Date: 538-552
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 3,32 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan ovale, court, centré. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AV.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A-P.
Reverse description : Grand H dans le champ surmonté d’une croisette accostée de deux étoiles.
Commentary
Dénomination inhabituelle. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges invisibles.
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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