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bby_217568 - CONSTANTINE VIII Follis

CONSTANTINE VIII Follis VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 35.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1025-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,23 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier, presque quadrangulaire. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Très belle patine vert foncé et sable
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Obverse


Obverse legend : [+ EMMA - NOVHA]/ IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + IHSUS/ XRISTYS /BASILEU/ BASILE'.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes surmontées d'un ornement.
Reverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).

Commentary


Follis anonyme. Classe A3. Les Évangiles sont richement ornés avec cinq globules posés en carré centré. Le nimbe crucigère porte trois carrés ornés de cinq globules. Carré à l’exergue du revers. Ce type est attribué à Constantin VIII seul après 1025 et la mort de Basile II.
Anonymous Follis. Class A3. The Gospels are richly decorated with five globules placed in a centered square. The cruciform nimbus bears three squares decorated with five globules. Square in the exergue on the reverse. This type is attributed to Constantine VIII alone after 1025 and the death of Basil II.

Historical background


CONSTANTINE VIII

(15/12/1025-11/11/1028)

Constantin VIII, the second son of Roman II and Theophano was crowned in April 961. He is the brother of Basil II. He was associated with him throughout his reign. On the death of Basil II in December 1025, he succeeded him. His reign lasted only three years. His daughter Zoé married Romain, the Eparch of Constantinople. When Constantine VIII died on November 11, 1028, it was Roman III who ascended the throne..

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