v38_1428 - BASIL I and CONSTANTINE Miliaresion

MONNAIES 38 (2009)
Starting price : 280.00 €
Estimate : 450.00 €
Realised price : 405.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 495.00 €

Type : Miliaresion

Date: 868-879

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰

Diameter : 23 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 2,64 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type monétaire. Type et légendes parfaitement venu. Jolie patine grise avec des reflets dorés

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.6 - R.1860 - Do.7 - BN/B.1 - BC.1708 (110£)

Predigree :

Exemplaire provenant de la collection M. R. de Dijon et du stock Loriel d’Épernay, 1994 (260€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IHSYS XRI-STYS NICA.

Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois niveaux, posée sur un globule.

Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ vainqueur).

Reverse

Reverse legend : +BASI/LIOS CE/ CONSTAN/TIN PISTV/ BASILIS/ ROMEO’.

Reverse description : Légende en six lignes dans un grènetis circulaire.

Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois des Romains).

Commentary

Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type seems rarer than general works suggest.

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.

BASIL I and CONSTANTINE Miliaresion XF

180.00 €

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BASIL I and CONSTANTINE Follis XF

100.00 €

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