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Live auction - bby_851390 - CONSTANTINE VIII Follis

CONSTANTINE VIII Follis XF
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Estimate : 120 €
Price : 60 €
Maximum bid : 60 €
End of the sale : 25 July 2023 16:03:27
bidders : 1 bidder
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1025-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,17 g.
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli buste du Christ. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

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 colobium, 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. Le nimbe crucigère porte deux globules. Motif en forme de losange évidé à l’exergue du revers au-dessus et au-dessous de la légende. Ce type est attribué à Constantin VIII seul après 1025 et la mort de Basile 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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