E-auction 16-4205 - bby_276355 - JUSTINIAN I Pentanummium
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| Estimate : | 55 € |
| Price : | 7 € |
| Maximum bid : | 8 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 August 2013 15:45:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Pentanummium
Date: 539-545
Mint name / Town : Theoupolis (Antioche)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très irrégulier, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Beau portrait stylisé de Justinien Ier. Joli revers. Patine verte granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVI.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : E croiseté.
Reverse legend : G
Commentary
Le pentanummium ou pièce de 5 noummia a été fabriqué tout au long du règne pour l’atelier d’Antioche. Le type avec le E cruciforme fait son apparition en 529. Avec lettre d’officine, le type est frappé entre 539 et 545. Le type de revers pourrait avoir inspiré un certain nombre de deniers mérovingiens avec le E lunaire et croiseté.
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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