Live auction - bby_942905 - JUSTINIAN I Solidus
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Starting price : | 500 € |
Estimate : | 950 € |
Price : | 680 € |
Maximum bid : | 750 € |
End of the sale : | 10 December 2024 14:56:56 |
bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 542-565
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,49 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Joli revers, finement détaillé. Très beau buste de l’empereur. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG.
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 (N'a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : VICTORI- A AVGGGI/ -|*// 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).