bby_943207 - JUSTIN II and SOPHIA Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: an 3
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 31 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 14,82 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle représentation au droit de Justin II et de Sophie. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NVS PP AI.
Obverse description : Justin II et Sophie assis de face sur un double trône ; ils sont nimbés tous les deux ; Justin est à droite, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite, et elle tient le sceptre cruciforme de la main droite ; au milieu, au-dessus, une croix.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O/ A/ II/I// KYZ.
Reverse description : M surmontée d'une croisette.
Reverse translation : (an 3).
Commentary
Au droit, les personnages, Justin et Sophie sont stéréotypés. Les monnaies de Justin des premières années sont beaucoup plus rares. Normalement pour l’an 3, nous avons I/II ou II/I pour le positionnement de la date.
On the right, the characters, Justin and Sophie are stereotyped. Justin's coins from the early years are much rarer. Normally for year 3, we have I/II or II/I for the positioning of the date
On the right, the characters, Justin and Sophie are stereotyped. Justin's coins from the early years are much rarer. Normally for year 3, we have I/II or II/I for the positioning of the date
Historical background
JUSTIN II and SOPHIA
(11/15/565-10/5/578)
Justin II, nephew of Justinian I, married Sophia, the niece of Theodora, in 548. They were crowned on November 20, 565. Justin deprived of reason, it was in fact Sophia who governed with the help of Narses, general-in-chief in Italy, which she ends up disgracing. He did not know how to face the problems and the invasions of the Lombards in Italy, the Visigoths in Spain, the Sassanids in the East. Crazy, Justin was associated with Tiberius as Caesar from 574, and for the last four years he was the de facto reigner. Tiberius II was associated as august in September 578. Justin died on October 5.
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