bby_978916 - BASIL I "THE MACEDONIAN" Unité

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Type : Unité

Date: 868-870

Mint name / Town : Cherson

Metal : copper

Diameter : 17,5 mm

Orientation dies : 12 h.

Weight : 3,79 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.-34 - R.1852 - Do.20 a - BN/B.1 - BC.1719 - DMBR.32 /12-2 (135€)

Obverse

Obverse description : Grand B dans le champ sur la ligne d’exergue, accostée de deux petits globules, un de chaque côté.

Reverse

Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Reverse description : Croix posée sur deux degrés accostée de deux globules, un de chaque côté.

Commentary

Monnayage particulier de l’atelier de Crimée.
Particular coinage from the Crimean mint

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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