bby_388628 - JUSTINIAN I Silique 1er type
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Silique 1er type
Date: c. 534-539
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 1,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AI.
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 : VOT/ MVLT/ HTI.
Reverse description : Légende corrompue en trois lignes en trois lignes dans une couronne.
Commentary
Mêmes coins que l’exemplaire de la collection du Dumbarton Oak collection provenant de la collection Whittemore, n° 280/2, pl. 41.
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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