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bby_269410 - JUSTIN II and SOPHIA Demi-follis

JUSTIN II and SOPHIA Demi-follis XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 350.00 €
Type : Demi-follis
Date: an 1
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,58 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan très irrégulier et épaisavec les grènetis visibles. Joli droit, bien venu à la frappe avec les portraits visibles. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Très belle patine vert olive clair
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.-  - R.-  - Do.-  - BN/B.-  - BC.-  - MBR.-  - DMBR.-

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 - I/// TES.
Reverse description : K surmonté d'une croisette.
Reverse translation : (An 1/ Thessalonique).

Commentary


Croisette au droit entre Justin II et Sophie. Normalement ce type débute avec l’an 4. Nous avons ici une pièce de l’an 1, normalement associé au buste de face seul de Justin II. Semble donc complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés. Semble de la plus grande rareté.
Croisette on the right between Justin II and Sophia. Normally this type begins with the year 4. Here we have a coin from the year 1, normally associated with the facing bust of Justin II alone. Therefore, it seems completely unpublished and unlisted. Missing from all the works consulted. Seems to be extremely rare

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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