E-auction 39-15071 - bby_258399 - JUSTIN I Follis

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Estimate :	115 €
Price :	32 €
Maximum bid :	35 €
End of the sale :	13 January 2014 16:25:00
bidders :	7 bidders

Type : Follis

Date: 518-522

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 31,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 15,48 g.

Rarity : R1

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Usure très importante au droit. Joli revers. Patine noire

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.- - R.- - Do.8 a - BN/B.- - BC.62 - MBR.11 - DMBR.2 /5-3

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVSTIN-VS PP AVC.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème gemmé.

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

Reverse

Reverse legend : A// CON.

Reverse description : M entre deux étoiles à six rais, surmonté d'une croisette.

Commentary

Poids léger. Au revers les étoiles encadrant le M ont la forme de deux sceaux de Salomon. Ptéryges fines et tombante.
Lightweight. On the reverse, the stars framing the M are shaped like two seals of Solomon. Thin, drooping pteryges