bby_209006 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2012)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 976-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,83 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier, parfaitement centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles.Très beau portrait expressif du Christ avec une petite faiblesse sur le visage. Très joli revers, bien venu à la frappe. Magnifique patine vert foncé et sable
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock Nadia Kapamadji (fonds Florange)
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 : + IHSYS/ XRISTYS /BASILEY/ BASILE.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes, accostée en haut et en bas d’une volute centrée.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Trace de double frappe au droit. Follis anonyme, classe A2, variété 47. Le nimbe est orné de cinq globules posés en carré centré. Au revers, la légende est placée entre deux volutes.
Trace of a double strike on the obverse. Anonymous Follis, class A2, variety 47. The halo is decorated with five globules placed in a centered square. On the reverse, the legend is placed between two volutes.
Trace of a double strike on the obverse. Anonymous Follis, class A2, variety 47. The halo is decorated with five globules placed in a centered square. On the reverse, the legend is placed between two volutes.
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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