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Price : 85.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2009)
Price : 85.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 518-522
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 16,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait massif et stylisé. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Jolie patine épaisse vert foncé
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 : B// 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.
Lightweight. On the reverse, the stars framing the M are shaped like two seals of Solomon.
Lightweight. On the reverse, the stars framing the M are shaped like two seals of Solomon.
Historical background
JUSTIN I
(10/07/5/518-1/08/527)
Justin I, illiterate of Macedonian origin, was a brilliant military leader under the reigns of Zeno and Anastasius. At the time of his accession, he was commander-in-chief of the "excubitores" (guards) of Constantinople. He succeeded Anastasius and associated his nephew Justinian with power, who became co-emperor on April 4, 527. Justin died on the following August 1.
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