JUSTIN I 518AD Pentanummium Rare Ancient Byzantine Coin TYCHE i32925

Item: i32925

Authentic Ancient

Coin of:

Byzantine – Justin I – Emperor: July 10, 518 A.D. – August

1, 527 A.D. –

Bronze Pentanummium 12mm (1.96 grams) Constantinople mint: 518-527 A.D.
Reference: Sear 62
D . N . IVSTINVS PP . AVG . – Diademed draped and cuirassed bust right.
The Tyche of Antioch seated left; to left Є; all
within shrine.

Tyche (pronounced Too-kee; Greek for luck; the Roman equivalent was Fortuna)
was the presiding tutelary deity that governed the fortune and prosperity of a
city, its destiny. Increasingly during the Hellenistic period, cities had their
own specific iconic version of Tyche, wearing a mural crown (a crown like the
walls of the city).
 

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Flavius Iustinus (c. 450 – August 1, 527),

known in English as Justin I, was a

Byzantine Emperor

(518–527), who rose through the ranks of the Byzantine

army and ultimately became its emperor, in spite of the fact he was illiterate

and almost 70 years old at the time of accession. His reign is significant for

the founding of the

Justinian Dynasty

that included his eminent nephew

Justinian

I
and for the enactment of

laws

that de-emphasized the influence of the old Byzantine nobility. His

consort

was Empress

Euphemia

.

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 Early

career

Justin was a peasant and a swineherd by occupation from the

Latinophone

region of

Dardania

, which is part of the province of

Illyricum

. He was born in a

hamlet
near

Bederiana in

Naissus

(modern Niš
,

South Serbia
).

He was of

Thraco-Roman

stock, and who bore, like his companions and members of his family (Zimarchus,

Dityvistus, Boraides, Bigleniza, Sabatius, etc.) a Thracian name, and who never

learned to speak more than rudimentary Greek. His sister Vigilantia (b. ca 455)

married Sabbatius and had three children:

Vigilantia

(b. ca 490), married to Dulcissimus and had

Praejecta

(b. ca 520), married to

Artabanos

(ca 515 – aft. 554), a

Magister Militum

of

Armenian

origin, and Justin II

(b. ca 520);

Justinian

I
; and a son (b. ca 485) who was the father of

General

Germanus Justinus

.

As a teenager, he and two companions fled from a barbaric invasion, taking

refuge in

Constantinople

Anastasius I decades later. He held the rank of

at one time..

 Emperor

Thanks to his position commanding the only troops in the city and making

gifts of money, Justin was able to secure election as emperor in 518.

Relying upon the accounts of the historian

Procopius
,

it often has been said that Justinian ruled the empire in his uncle’s name

during the reign of Justin, however, there is much evidence to the contrary. The

information from the

Secret History

of Procopius was published posthumously. Critics of Procopius

(whose work reveals a man seriously disillusioned with his rulers) have

dismissed his work as a severely biased source, being vitriolic and

pornographic, but without other sources, critics have been unable to discredit

some of the assertions in the publication. However, contrary to the secret

history, Justinian was not named as successor until less than a year before

Justin’s death and he spent 3,700 pounds of gold during a celebration in 520.

In 525, Justin repealed a law that effectively prohibited a member of the

senatorial class from marrying a woman from a lower class of society, including

the theatre, which was considered scandalous at the time. This edict paved the

way for Justinian to marry

Theodora

, a former

mime actress, and

eventually resulted in a major change to the old class distinctions at the

Imperial court. She became an equal to Justinian, participating in the

governance with significant influence.

 Later

years

Ostrogoths, and the

Persians

. In 526, Justin’s health began to decline and he formally named

Justinian as co-emperor and, on April 1, 527 as his successor. On August 1 of

that year, Justin died and was succeeded by

Justinian

.

 Legacy

The town of

Anazarbus

was re-named Justinopolis in 525, in honour of Justin I.