GOLD SOLIDUS EASTERN ROMAN/BYZANTINE EMPIRE JUSTINIAN I (AD 527-565): NGC AU

Description: Justinian I the Great (AD 527-565). AV solidus (20mm, 4.42 gm, 6h). NGC AU. Constantinople, 1st officina, ca. AD 545-565. D N IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVG, cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing, wearing plumed helmet with pendilia, globus cruciger in right hand, shield decorated with horseman motif in left / VICTORI-A AVGGG A, angel standing facing, grounded long cross in right hand, globus cruciger in outstretched left hand; star in right field, CONOB in exergue. Sear 139. Minted from nearly pure gold, the gold solidus issued by the Roman Empire and Later the Byzantine Empire quite literally became the “Gold Standard” coinage for hundreds of years. This iconic coin is almost 1500 years old and features the likeness of Justinian the Great, one of the most influential figures in history. Justinian I, also known as Justinian the Great, was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565. His reign was marked by the ambitious but only partly realized renovatio imperii, or "restoration of the Empire". This ambition was expressed by the partial recovery of the territories of the defunct Western Roman Empire. His general, Belisarius, swiftly conquered the Vandal Kingdom in North Africa. Subsequently, Belisarius, Narses, and other generals conquered the Ostrogothic kingdom, restoring Dalmatia, Sicily, Italy, and Rome to the empire after more than half a century of rule by the Ostrogoths. The praetorian prefect Liberius reclaimed the south of the Iberian Peninsula, establishing the province of Spania. These campaigns re-established Roman control over the western Mediterranean, increasing the Empire's annual revenue by over a million solidi. During his reign, Justinian also subdued the Tzani, a people on the east coast of the Black Sea that had never been under Roman rule before. He engaged the Sasanian Empire in the east during Kavad I's reign, and later again during Khosrow I's reign; this second conflict was partially initiated due to his ambitions in the west. A still more resonant aspect of his legacy was the uniform rewriting of Roman law, the Corpus Juris Civilis, which is still the basis of civil law in many modern states.[9] His reign also marked a blossoming of Eastern Roman (Byzantine) culture, and his building program yielded works such as the Hagia Sophia. *All items are guaranteed authentic. The item in the pictures is the item you will receive. Please use your own judgement with regards to grade and attribution as these represent opinions and are not guaranteed.

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