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v34_1084 - JUSTINIAN I Solidus

JUSTINIAN I Solidus AU
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 550.00 €
Realised price : 430.00 €
Number of bids : 3
Maximum bid : 451.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 542-565
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 10e
Coments on the condition:
Frappe faible
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG.
Obverse description : Buste diadémé, couronné et cuirassé de Justinien Ier de face, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et un bouclier orné d'un cavalier de la gauche (N'a).
Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Iustinianus Perpetuus Augustus”, (Notre seigneur Justinien perpétuel auguste).

Reverse


Reverse legend : VICTORI- A AVGGGI// CONOB.
Reverse description : Ange debout de face, les ailes déployées, tenant une croix chrismée de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; étoile à huit rais.
Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La victoire des augustes).

Commentary


Casque avec plumet. Diadème perlé. Cuirasse lisse et épaulière décorée (palmée). Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Bouclier orné d’un cavalier galopant à droite, terrassant un ennemi (stylisé).

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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