bby_943203 - JUSTINIAN I Demi-follis
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Type : Demi-follis
Date: an 30
Mint name / Town : Cyzicus
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 9,28 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Justinien Ier. Joli revers. Belle patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVI.
Obverse description : Buste casqué, diadémé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier de face avec pendilia, tenant de la main droite un globe crucigère et de la gauche un bouclier ; dans le champ à droite, une croix.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : A/N/N/O - X/X/X// VZ (INVERSÉ).
Reverse description : K surmonté d'une croix.
Reverse translation : (an 30).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Grand module. C’est la première fois que nous proposons un demi-follis pour l’atelier de Cyzique. Présentation de la date inhabituelle. Pas de lettre d’officine comme sur l’exemplaire du Dumbarton Oaks Collection.
Very light weight. Large module. This is the first time that we are offering a demi-follis for the Cyzique workshop. Unusual date presentation. No pharmacy letter as on the copy in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection
Very light weight. Large module. This is the first time that we are offering a demi-follis for the Cyzique workshop. Unusual date presentation. No pharmacy letter as on the copy in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection
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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