Live auction - bby_497598 - JUSTIN II Silique

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Estimate :	300 €
Price :	150 €
Maximum bid :	155 €
End of the sale :	31 July 2018 15:41:07
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Silique

Date: c. 565-578

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 18,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 2,31 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur un irrégulier bien centré. Beau buste de Justin II. Usure plus marquée au revers. Jolie patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.17 (Justin I) - R.389 (Justin I) - Do.18 - BN/B.2 - BC.356 (300£) - MBR.30 - DMBR.5 /8 (600€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NVS PP AV.

Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justin II à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (C’a) .

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iusitinus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justin perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : GLORIA [RO-MANORVM]/ -|*// COB.

Reverse description : Justin II debout de face, nimbé, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre long de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche.

Reverse translation : “Gloria Romanorum”, (la gloire des Romains).

Commentary

Le buste semble bien surmonté d’un plumet de casque. Rubans de type 3. Ptéryges larges. Semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.