E-auction 166-102496 - bby_310577 - CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV Follis
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| Estimate : | 75 € |
| Price : | 48 € |
| Maximum bid : | 56 € |
| End of the sale : | 20 June 2016 15:19:00 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: 757-769
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 14 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,76 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan mince quadrangulaire, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure importante mais identifiable. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Bustes de Constantin V à gauche et de Léon IV à droite, couronnés et vêtus de la chlamyde, tenant chacun de la main droite l'akakia ; au milieu, une croisette.
Obverse legend : K - L- D/E/O/N
Reverse
Reverse description : Grand buste de Léon III couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant une croix potencée de la main droite.
Reverse legend : L/E/[w/N] - DES
Commentary
Le droit n’est pas le côté où est représenté Léon III. Sur ces folles, les légendes sont tronquées ou ne sont plus visibles.
The right is not the side on which Leo III is represented. On these crazy ones, the captions are truncated or are no longer visible
The right is not the side on which Leo III is represented. On these crazy ones, the captions are truncated or are no longer visible
Historical background
CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV
(06/6/751-09/14/775)
During the reign of Constantine V, Ravenna fell into the hands of the Lombards. At the same time, the Byzantines lost much of their authority over the papacy and Italy in general. That same year, Pepin the Short became king of the Franks and inaugurated a new dynasty, the Carolingians. In the East, Constantine won considerable victories over Islam and celebrated a triumph at Constantinople in 763. Iconoclast like his father Leo III, he fought the pope, the iconodules and the Greek monastic movements who opposed his religious policy..
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