Live auction - bby_840331 - JUSTINIAN I Solidus

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Estimate :	800 €
Price :	520 €
Maximum bid :	800 €
End of the sale :	05 September 2023 15:09:53
bidders :	4 bidders

Type : Solidus

Date: 545-565

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,42 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 6e

Coments on the condition:

Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large et bien centré. Très joli buste finement détaillé. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC/B. - R.- - Do.9 f - BN/B.- - BC.140 (225£) - DMBR.

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVI.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, couronné et cuirassé de Justinien Ier de face, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et un bouclier orné d'un cavalier de la gauche (N1'a) ; diadème perlé.

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGGS// CONOB.

Reverse description : Ange debout de face, les ailes déployées, tenant une croix chrismée de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; étoile à huit rais.

Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum”, (La Victoire des augustes).