JUSTINIAN I 527AD Carthage Nummus Large A Ancient Rare Byzantine Coin i20637

Description

Item:
i20637
Authentic Ancient Coin of:
Justinian I - Byzantine Emperor: 1 August 527 - 14 November 565 A.D. -
Bronze Nummus 8mm (0.51 grams) Carthage mint: circa 527-565 A.D.
Reference: SB 281; DOC 309
Pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right, T behind, star before.
Large A.
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Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus
(
Greek
:
Φλάβιος Πέτρος Σαββάτιος Ιουστινιανός
,
Phlābios Petros
Sabbatios Ioustiniānos
); AD 483 – 13 or 14 November 565, known in English as
Justinian I
or
Justinian the Great
, was the second member of the
Justinian Dynasty
(after his uncle,
Justin I
) and
Eastern Roman Emperor
from 527 until his death. He is considered a
saint
amongst
Eastern Orthodox Christians
, and is also commemorated by some
Lutheran Churches
; at the other end of the scale, his contemporary,
Procopius
, viewed Justinian as a cruel, venal, and incompetent ruler.
One of the most important figures of
Late Antiquity
, Justinian's rule constitutes a distinct epoch in the history of the
Eastern Roman Empire
. The impact of his administration extended far beyond the boundaries of his time and empire. Justinian's reign is marked by the ambitious but ultimately failed
renovatio imperii
, or "restoration of the empire". This ambition was expressed in the partial recovery of the territories of the
Western Roman Empire
, including the city of
Rome
itself. 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. His reign also marked a blossoming of Byzantine culture, and his building programme yielded such masterpieces as the church of
Hagia Sophia
, which was to be the center of
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
for many centuries.
A devastating outbreak of
bubonic plague
(see
Plague of Justinian
) in the early 540s marked the end of an age of splendor. The empire entered a period of territorial decline not to be reversed until the ninth century.
Procopius
provides the primary source for the history of Justinian's reign. The
Syriac
chronicle of
John of Ephesus
, which does not survive, was used as a source for later chronicles, contributing many additional details of value. Both historians became very bitter towards Justinian and his empress,
Theodora
. Procopius also wrote the
Anekdota
(the so-called
Secret History
), which reports on various scandals at Justinian's court. Other sources include the histories of
Agathias
,
Menander Protector
,
John Malalas
, the
Paschal Chronicle
, the chronicles of
Marcellinus Comes
and
Victor of Tunnuna
.
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