Live auction - bby_1079698 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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| Estimate : | 400 € |
| Price : | 280 € |
| Maximum bid : | 280 € |
| End of the sale : | 03 March 2026 15:13:05 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: an 12
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 43 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 21,41 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Flan très large, centré des deux côtés. Joli buste de Justinien. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection P-R. B
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AV.
Obverse description : Buste de Justinien Ier, diadémé avec pendilia, couronné et cuirassé de face, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et un bouclier orné d'un cavalier de la gauche (N1'a) ; diadème perlé ; 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/II// B// NIK.
Reverse description : M surmontée d’une croisette.
Reverse translation : (an 12/ Nicomédie).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Diadème orné. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier. Notre type de follis est frappé après l’adoption de la taille au 1/12 L. en l’an 12, nous avons deux officines. Première année de frappe pour le nouveau modèle.
Very light weight. Pendilia with rounded ends. Ornate diadem. Shield decorated with a rider. Our type of follis was struck after the adoption of the 1/12 L size. In the year 12, we had two workshops. First year of striking for the new model
Very light weight. Pendilia with rounded ends. Ornate diadem. Shield decorated with a rider. Our type of follis was struck after the adoption of the 1/12 L size. In the year 12, we had two workshops. First year of striking for the new model
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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