E-auction 623-612741 - bby_941477 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Follis
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 69 € |
| Maximum bid : | 93 € |
| End of the sale : | 24 March 2025 15:12:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: c. 976-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 3 h.
Weight : 11,55 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais et irrégulier bien centré. Très beau buste du Christ. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine noire
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
Poids très lourd. Follis anonyme. Classe A2. Traces de surfrappe au droit et au revers (peut-être sur un follis de Justinien Ier d’après le poids et le flan du modèle). Les bras de la croix sont ornés de trois séries de deux globules posés horizontalement. Quatre globules posés en losange au revers. Au revers les alphas sont en forme d’oméga renversés.
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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