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E-auction 475-386974 - bby_750728 - JUSTINIAN I Follis

JUSTINIAN I Follis XF/VF
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Estimate : 90 €
Price : 20 €
Maximum bid : 22 €
End of the sale : 23 May 2022 14:55:00
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Follis
Date: 528-532
Mint name / Town : Atelier illisible
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 18,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 3e
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, épais, centré. Joli buste. Des faiblesses. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP A.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, drapé et cuirassé de Justinien Ier à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A’a) ; diadèmé perlé.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : [...].
Reverse description : M entre deux étoiles à huit rais.
Reverse legend : G.

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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