bby_1029338 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 532-537
Mint name / Town : Theoupolis (Antioche)
Metal : copper
Diameter : 34 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Usure importante mais régulière. Revers agréable. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP A.
Obverse description : Justinien Ier trônant de face. Il est casqué, diadémé, vêtu de la chlamyde et tient de la main droite un long sceptre bouleté et de la gauche, un globe crucigère.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +THEUP À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : M entre une étoile à huit rais à gauche et un croissant de lune à droite, surmontée d'une croisette ; entre les jambages G.
Reverse legend : D
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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