E-auction 63-29675 - bby_307754 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Follis
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| Estimate : | 85 € |
| Price : | 23 € |
| Maximum bid : | 25 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 June 2014 16:30:30 |
| bidders : | 5 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: c. 976-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,84 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Usure plus prononcée au droit. Très joli revers. Patine verte légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
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 colobium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + IHSYS/ XRISTYS /BASILEU/ BASILE'.
Reverse description : en trois lignes surmontées d'un losange évidé.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Follis anonyme. Classe A2. Exemplaire sur un grand flan Les bras de la croix sont ornés de trois minuscules croissants tournés vers l’extérieur. Les Évangiles sont ornés de cinq globules posés en carré centré. Au revers, petits fleurons de chaque côté.
Anonymous Follis. Class A2. example on a large flan. The arms of the cross are decorated with three tiny crescents facing outwards. The Gospels are decorated with five globules placed in a centered square. On the reverse, small fleurons on each side.
Anonymous Follis. Class A2. example on a large flan. The arms of the cross are decorated with three tiny crescents facing outwards. The Gospels are decorated with five globules placed in a centered square. On the reverse, small fleurons on each side.
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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