bby_1054500 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Miliaresion
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Miliaresion
Date: c. 976-1000
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,10 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée sur un flan court. Jolie représentation du droit. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : Croix aux extrémités bouletées, croisetée, posée sur quatre degrés ; au centre un croissant bouleté, accosté des bustes de Basile II couronné, vêtu du loros et de Constantin VIII, couronné et vêtu de la chlamyde ; triple grènetis.
Obverse legend : eN tOUTw hiKAT BASILEIS KwnNStI
Obverse translation : (Par ce signe tu seras vainqueur, Constantin empereur).
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes entre deux motifs ; triple grènetis.
Reverse legend : baSIL./ E KwhStAh/ PORFUROS./ PISTU bAS/ RwMAIwN.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin nés dans la pourpre par la grâce de Dieu rois des Romains).
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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