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bmv_424286 - JUSTINIAN I Demi-silique

JUSTINIAN I Demi-silique XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 300.00 €
Type : Demi-silique
Date: c. 537-552
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : silver
Diameter : 14,5 mm
Orientation dies : 10 h.
Weight : 0,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan court et ovale, avec un revers bien net mais un avers un peu mou. Superbe patine de médaillier, multicolore
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection M. S. ; il a été acquis auprès de Dijon Numismatique

Obverse


Obverse legend : [D N IVST[NI-AN]VS PP AI.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse description : Monogramme.

Commentary


Précédemment, cette silique était attribuée aux Ostrogoths. D. Sear la rend à l’atelier de Carthage, après la reconquête byzantine, confirmé par le classements de Hahn et de A. Urs Sommer.

Historical background


JUSTINIAN I

(1/08/527-14/11/565)

Justinian succeeded his uncle Justin in 527 after a co-regency from April 4 to August 1, 527. He reigned with Empress Theodora. The construction of Hagia Sophia was completed under his reign, which marks the height of the Byzantine conquests. Carthage as well as Africa and part of Numidia were reconquered from the Vandals thanks to General Bélisaire. After a century of Vandal domination, Romanism once again reigned over the Mediterranean. Belisarius then attacked the Ostrogoths and took Rome on December 9, 536. Theodora died in 545. Justinian reigned another twenty years. Childless, his nephew Justin II succeeded him..

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