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E-auction 65-30983 - bby_330669 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Follis
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| Estimate : | 125 € |
| Price : | 58 € |
| Maximum bid : | 67 € |
| End of the sale : | 14 July 2014 16:27:30 |
| bidders : | 6 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: c. 976-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,69 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un grand flan ovale et irrégulier. Beau portrait du Christ bien venu à la frappe. Légèrement tréflé au revers. Jolie patine vert noir
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 : + IHSUS/ XRISTYS /BASILEU/ BASILE'.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes surmontées d'un ornement.
Reverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Follis anonyme. Classe A2. Les Évangiles sont richement ornés. Le nimbe crucigère porte sur chaque bras un carré formé de cinq globules centrés. Motif floral visible de chaque côté au revers. Épigraphie élégante et raffinée. Importantes traces de surfrappe ou de double frappe au revers.
Very light weight. Anonymous Follis. Class A2. The Gospels are richly decorated. The cruciform nimbus bears on each arm a square formed by five centered globules. Floral motif visible on each side of the reverse. Elegant and refined epigraphy. Significant traces of over-striking or double-striking on the reverse
Very light weight. Anonymous Follis. Class A2. The Gospels are richly decorated. The cruciform nimbus bears on each arm a square formed by five centered globules. Floral motif visible on each side of the reverse. Elegant and refined epigraphy. Significant traces of over-striking or double-striking on the reverse
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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