v08_0727 - JUSTINIAN I Follis
MONNAIES 8 (2000)
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Starting price : 68.60 €
Estimate : 114.34 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis
Date: 527-538
Mint name / Town : Nicomedia
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 17,26 g.
Officine: 2e
Coments on the condition:
Beau portrait sur un flan large et complet. Jolie patine vert olive clair / Frappe molle et légèrement décentrée au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVI.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite vu de trois quarts en avant (A'a).
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).
Reverse
Reverse legend : NIKM À L'EXERGUE.
Reverse description : M accostée de trois croisettes ; entre les jambages B.
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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