Live auction - brm_567845 - BASILISCUS Solidus

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Estimate :	1 400 €
Price :	800 €
Maximum bid :	800 €
End of the sale :	10 March 2020 15:29:10
bidders :	1 bidder

Type : Solidus

Date: 475

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Diameter : 21 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,42 g.

Rarity : R2

Officine: 2e

Coments on the condition:

Exemplaire sur flan ovale bien centré. Traces de coup à 11h au droit. Revers agréable. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

RIC.1003 (R) - RCV.21477 - Dep.101 /1 (12 ex.) - LRC. - - MRK.176 /2 - RC.4396

Predigree :

Cet exemplaire provient du stock de la maison Platt et de la collection Jean-Christophe Payen

Obverse

Obverse legend : D N BASILIS-CYS PP AVG.

Obverse description : Buste diadémé, casqué et cuirassé de Basiliscus de face, tenant de la main droite la haste qui repose sur l'épaule et de la gauche, un bouclier orné d'un cavalier chargeant à droite (N’a).

Obverse translation : “Dominus Noster Basiliscus Perpetuus Augustus” (Notre seigneur Basiliscus perpétuel auguste).

Reverse

Reverse legend : VICTORI-A AVGGGB/ -|* CONOB.

Reverse description : Victoria (La Victoire) debout à gauche, tenant une longue croix de la main droite ; dans le champ à droite, étoile à huit raies.

Reverse translation : “Victoria Augustorum” (La Victoire des augustes).

Commentary

Rubans de type 3. Cet exemplaire est illustré dans l’ouvrage de S. Boutin, collection N. K., Monnaies des empires de Byzance, Maastricht, 1983, p. 10, n° 95, pl. V.

Historical background

BASILISCUS

(9/01/475-08/476)

Basiliscus, brother of Verina, wife of Leo I, revolted against Emperor Zeno at the beginning of the year 475 and briefly took power. Indeed, Zeno reacted vigorously, took over Constantinople and had Basiliscus and Marcus, his son, put to death in 476.