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Byzantine Empire, Justinian I, 4 April 527 - 14 November 565 A.D.
| The war with the Vandalic Kingdom of Carthage in 533 - 534 was the first of Justinian I's wars of reconquest of the lost Western Roman Empire. The Vandals had occupied Roman North Africa in the early 5th century and established an independent kingdom. The Byzantine expeditionary force landed on the African coast in early September 533. The Vandal king Gelimer met the Byzantine army at the Battle of Ad Decimum, near Carthage, on 13 September. His elaborate plan to encircle and destroy the Byzantines came close to success, but Belisarius forced a Vandal retreat and occupied Carthage. Gelimer withdrew, gathered his remaining strength, and in December advanced towards Carthage and met the Romans at the Battle of Tricamarum. Gelimer was defeated and fled to a remote mountain fortress, where he was blockaded until he surrendered in the spring. Belisarius returned to Constantinople with the Vandals' royal treasure and the captive Gelimer to enjoy a triumph. Africa was formally restored to imperial rule as the praetorian prefecture of Africa. The new province faced war with the Moors and military rebellions, and it was not until 548 that peace was restored and Roman government firmly established. |  |
SL84527. Silver siliqua, SBCV 254, Sommer 4.119, Hahn MIB 53, Morrisson BnF 8, Tolstoi 575, Wroth BMCV p. 81, 4 (Ostrogothic), DOC I -, Ratto -, ANACS VF20 (4625611), Carthage (near Tunis, Tunisia) mint, 537 - 552 A.D.; obverse D N IVSTINIANVS P P AC, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right, from the front; reverse monogram 
, cross above, S below (unstruck), all within linear border surrounded by wreath; from the Dr. Sam Mansourati Collection, certified (slabbed) by ANACS; scarce; SOLD
, cross above, S below (unstruck), all within linear border surrounded by wreath; from the Dr. Sam Mansourati Collection, certified (slabbed) by ANACS; scarce; SOLD 
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