bby_1060476 - BASIL I and CONSTANTINE Miliaresion
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Type : Miliaresion
Date: 868-879
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,74 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier, centré des deux côtés. Jolie croix. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHSYS XRI-STYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois niveaux, posée sur un globule ; le tout dans un double grènetis circulaire.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ vainqueur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +BASI/LIOS CE/ CONSTAN/TIN PISTV/ BASILIS/ ROMEO’.
Reverse description : Légende en six lignes dans un double grènetis circulaire.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois des Romains).
Historical background
BASIL I and CONSTANTINE
(10/02/868-3/09/879)
Basil was associated with the throne on May 26, 866 by Michael III the Drunkard and became sole emperor after having assassinated him. He reigned alone for a year, then associated to the throne in 868 his favorite son Constantine, who died in 879. Under the reign of Basil I, Syracuse fell into the hands of Islam and in 878, Sicily was definitively lost. Basil's reign was a period of consolidation. The emperor collected all of Justinian's legal works better known as the Basilica. Basil died in a hunting accident.
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