bby_301816 - JUSTINIAN I Demi-follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Demi-follis
Date: 527-537
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Revers bien venu. Patine verte légèrement granuleuse
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVC.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a) ; diadème perlé.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse description : K accosté d'une croix entre deux étoiles à six rais.
Reverse legend : G
Commentary
Poids très léger. Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. L’épaule ornée d’une couronne.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The shoulder is decorated with a crown.
Very light weight. Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. The shoulder is decorated with a crown.
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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