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bby_295559 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 528-532
Mint name / Town : Theoupolis (Antioche)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 12,94 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 1re
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Beau portrait de Justinien Ier à l’usure importante. Revers inhabituel. Patine marron fonc
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP A.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadèmé perlé.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A// +THEUPO+ À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : M entre deux étoiles à huit rais.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées.
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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