bby_295544 - JUSTIN I Pentanummium
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Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Pentanummium
Date: 518-522
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,91 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Justinien Ier à l’usure régulière. Beau revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : [D N IVSTI-NIVS PP AVG].
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justin Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Chrisme.
Reverse legend : DA-E
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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