Live auction - bby_831003 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Tetarteron
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 880 € |
| Maximum bid : | 880 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:22:08 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Tetarteron
Date: 977-989
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,22 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré. Superbes bustes, finement détaillés. Frappe plus faible au droit. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX REGNANTHIM.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BASIL C COHSTANTI B R’..
Reverse description : Bustes couronnés avec pendilia bouletées de face de Basile II, vêtu du loros et de Constantin VIII vêtu de la chlamyde ; ils tiennent ensemble la croix patriarcale ornée d’un X ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois romains).
Commentary
Monnaie montée anciennement.
Historical background
BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII
(01/10/976-12/15/1025)
Basil II the Bulgaroctone was the greatest emperor of the Macedonian dynasty which died out with Theodora in 1056. Basil II was the son of Roman II and Theophano. He had been elevated to power by his father, still a child, in 960. He was associated with power during the successive reigns of Nicephorus II Phocas and John I. Constantin VIII, his brother, was subordinate to him throughout his reign and succeeded him in 1025 for only three years. Basil restored Byzantine authority in the Balkans and Asia Minor.
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