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Type : Follis
Date: 870-879
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,57 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Jolis bustes. Fine usure régulière. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : + LEON BASIL - CONST AYGG'.
Obverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Basile Ier au milieu, vêtu du loros et tenant l’akakia de la main droite, de Léon à gauche et de Constantin à droite, vêtus de la chlamyde.
Obverse translation : (Léon VI, Basile Ier Constantin augustes).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BASIL/ CONSTAN/ T S LEON EN/ QO BASILS/ ROMEON/ *.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes.
Reverse translation : (Basile Ier, Constantin et Léon VI par la grâce de Dieu rois des Romains).
Historical background
BASIL I, CONSTANTINE and LEO VI
(6/01/870-3/09/879)
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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