bby_234241 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 115.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 534-539
Mint name / Town : Carthage
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait orné du chrisme en pectoral. Joli revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTI-NIANVS PP AC.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien à droite vu de trois quarts en avant.
Obverse translation : “Dominus Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : (GAMMA)// KART À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : Grande M accostée d’une étoile à gauche et d’une croix grecque à droite.
Commentary
Rubans de type 3 aux extrémités bouletées. Chrisme sur le vêtement.
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Chrism on the garment
Type 3 ribbons with rounded ends. Chrism on the garment
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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