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bby_879332 - BASIL I "THE MACEDONIAN" Follis

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Type : Follis

Date: 868-869

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 27 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,89 g.

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, centré. Jolie représentation du droit. Des faiblesses. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.8 - R.1851 - Do.12 - BC.1709

Obverse

Obverse legend : + BASILIO-S - BASILEVS*.

Obverse description : Basile trônant de face, couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant de la main droite le labarum et de la gauche l'akakia.

Reverse

Reverse legend : + BASIL/ IOS EN QEO/ BASILEVS/ ROMEON.

Reverse description : en quatre lignes.

Historical background

BASIL I "THE MACEDONIAN"

(23/09/867-28/08/886)

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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