bby_719322 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Histamenon Nomisma
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Type : Histamenon Nomisma
Date: 977
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,22 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste du Christ. Revers bien venu à la frappe, finement détaillé. Jolie patine de collection. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
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Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock d’Émile Bourgey, Paris en 1975
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX REGNANTHIM.
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 ; grènetis circulaire.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BASIL C COHSTANTI B R’..
Reverse description : Bustes couronnés avec pendilia bouletées de face de Basile II, vêtu du loros en carré et de Constantin VIII vêtu de la chlamyde ; ils tiennent ensemble la croix patriarcale ; grènetis circulaire.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois romains).
Commentary
Le nimbe crucigère du Christ est orné d’un globules dans les bras de la croix. Nous sommes bien en présence d’un histamenon nomisma du premier type avec le loros orné de carrés. Ce type semble bien plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
The cruciform nimbus of Christ is decorated with globules in the arms of the cross. We are indeed in the presence of a histamenon nomisma of the first type with the loros decorated with squares. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
The cruciform nimbus of Christ is decorated with globules in the arms of the cross. We are indeed in the presence of a histamenon nomisma of the first type with the loros decorated with squares. This type seems much rarer than general works suggest.
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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