bby_249122 - CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 75.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 75.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1050
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, bien centré. Beau portrait du Christ. Usure importante, mais lisible et identifiable. Patine noire, légèrement granuleuse
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face avec le nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles des deux mains.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + IS XS/ BASILE/ BASIL'.
Reverse description : en trois lignes surmontées de deux croisettes.
Reverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Trace de surfrappe. Follis anonyme, classe E. Le nimbe crucigère est orné de deux globules. Les Évangiles sont ornés d’un motif décoratif formé de cinq globules posés en carré et centré.
Very light weight. Trace of over-striking. Anonymous Follis, class E. The cruciform nimbus is decorated with two globules. The Gospels are decorated with a decorative motif formed by five globules placed in a square and centered
Very light weight. Trace of over-striking. Anonymous Follis, class E. The cruciform nimbus is decorated with two globules. The Gospels are decorated with a decorative motif formed by five globules placed in a square and centered
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS
(06/12/1042-01/11/1055)
Constantine IX succeeded Michael V and brought Basil II's daughters Zoe and Theodora back to court. He married the second. Constantinople experienced an artistic renaissance under his reign to the detriment of the Treasury. It was in 1054 that the Great Schism occurred between the Church of Constantinople and that of Rome, at the origin of the birth of the Orthodox who no longer recognize the supremacy of the bishop of Rome. Constantine died in 1055. It was Theodora who succeeded him for only 7 months, the last descendant of the Macedonian dynasty.
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