bby_790576 - JUSTINIAN I Pentanummium
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Type : Pentanummium
Date: 527-528
Mint name / Town : Antioche
Metal : copper
Diameter : 12,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Revers agréable. Patine vert foncé
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 lunaire et inversé. Tyché d’Antioche tourelée et drapé, la tête de face assise à gauche ; l’Oronte nageant à droite ; le tout dans un temple distyle.
Commentary
Ce type est le premier frappé à Antioche pour le pentanummium et le seul à représenter la Tyché d’Antioche avant le catastrophique tremblement de terre qui détruisit presque totalement la ville.
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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