Live auction - bby_1148837 - JUSTIN II and SOPHIA Demi-follis
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| Estimate : | 40 € |
| Price : | 20 € |
| Maximum bid : | 20 € |
| End of the sale : | 21 July 2026 15:48:28 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Demi-follis
Date: an 11
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,43 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure plus prononcée au droit qu’au revers. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI -NVS P P AV.
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, à gauche, tient le sceptre cruciforme de la main droite.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - XII/// TES.
Reverse description : K surmonté d'une croisette.
Reverse legend : QS
Reverse translation : (An 12/ Thessalonique).
Commentary
Les lettres au-dessus de la marque de valeur K sont des “Nomina sacra” d’après Hahn. Les lettres thêta et sigma seraient à développer par Theos et à traduire par Dieu.
The letters above the value mark K are “Nomina sacra” according to Hahn. The letters theta and sigma would be developed by Theos and translated by God
The letters above the value mark K are “Nomina sacra” according to Hahn. The letters theta and sigma would be developed by Theos and translated by God
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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