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bby_215376 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Follis

BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Follis VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2009)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1025
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 13,77 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large etbien centré avec les grènetis visibles. Usure très importante, mlais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé, granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Ce exemplaire a été acquis en juin 1986

Obverse


Obverse legend : [+ EMMA - NOVHA]/ IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + IHSUS/ XRISTYS /BASILEY/ BASILE'.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes surmontées d'un ornement.
Reverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).

Commentary


Follis anonyme classe A2. Le nimbe crucigère est orné de deux globules posés horizontalement. Les Évangiles sont richement ornés d’un motif décoratif en forme de porte avec neuf globules et deux à l’intérieur. Rinceau à l’exergue du revers. Ce type est attribué à Constantin VIII seul après 1025 et la mort de Basile II . Épigraphie très élégante avec des A.
Anonymous Follis class A2. The cruciform nimbus is decorated with two globules placed horizontally. The Gospels are richly decorated with a decorative motif in the form of a door with nine globules and two inside. Rinceau in the exergue of the reverse. This type is attributed to Constantine VIII alone after 1025 and the death of Basil II. Very elegant epigraphy with A

Historical background


BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII

(01/10/976-12/15/1025)

Basil II the Bulgaroctone was the greatest emperor of the Macedonian dynasty which died out with Theodora in 1056. Basil II was the son of Roman II and Theophano. He had been elevated to power by his father, still a child, in 960. He was associated with power during the successive reigns of Nicephorus II Phocas and John I. Constantin VIII, his brother, was subordinate to him throughout his reign and succeeded him in 1025 for only three years. Basil restored Byzantine authority in the Balkans and Asia Minor.

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