bby_734865 - CONSTANTINE VII and ROMANUS II Follis

CONSTANTINE VII and ROMANUS II Follis VF

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Price : 70.00 €

Type : Follis

Date: 945-959

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 26 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 7,05 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie à l’usure régulière, centrée. Patine marron

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.70 - R.1907 - Do.27 - BN/B.65 - BC.1762 (45£) - DMBR.36 /18 (180€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : + CONST' CE ROMAN B' ROM'.

Obverse description : Bustes barbu de Constantin VII couronné de face, vêtu du loros à gauche et de Romain II imberbe couronné, vetu du loros à droite, tenant tous les deux la croix patriarcale.

Obverse translation : (Constantin roi des romains).

Reverse

Reverse legend : + CONST'/ CE ROMAN/ EN XRIST/ B’ ROMEO.

Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.

Reverse translation : (Constantin et Romain par la grâce de Dieu rois des Romains).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Ce follis semble surfrappé sur un type plus ancien, peut-être de Romain Ier.

Historical background

CONSTANTINE VII and ROMANUS II

(6/04/945-9/11/959)

Constantin VII was born in 905 in the purple which his nickname recalls (Porphyrogenete). He was the son of Leo VI and Zoé and was associated with the throne on May 15, 908. His uncle Alexander succeeded his brother (912-913). Emperor in 913, the regency was exercised by the patriarch Nicolas Mysticus, from 914 by Zoé, then from 920 by Romain I Lacépène; he will not reign alone until 944. Roman I, associated with the empire since 920, was deposed by his two surviving sons, Stephen and Constantine, on December 16, 944. The two co-emperors were in turn eliminated by Constantin VII on January 27, 945. The son of Leo VI then reigned alone for the first time since 913. On April 6, 945, he joined his son, Roman II, who succeeded him on his death and reigned until the year 963.

CONSTANTINE VII and ROMANUS II Follis VF

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