E-auction 644-651938 - bby_941927 - CONSTANTINE VIII Follis
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Estimate : | 120 € |
Price : | 91 € |
Maximum bid : | 111 € |
End of the sale : | 18 August 2025 15:00:20 |
bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: c. 976-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8,15 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait du Christ. Revers de style fin. Belle patine verte
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 en forme de fleuron évidé.
Reverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Poids léger. Follis anonyme. Classe A3. Les Évangiles sont richement ornés. Le nimbe crucigère porte deux globules dans chaque bras de la croix visible et un petit croissant. Motif floral 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.
Lightweight. Follis anonymous. Class A3. The Gospels are richly decorated. The crucigerous nimbus bears two globules in each arm of the visible cross and a small crescent. Floral motif on the reverse exergue above and below the legend. This type is attributed to Constantine VIII alone after 1025 and the death of Basil II
Lightweight. Follis anonymous. Class A3. The Gospels are richly decorated. The crucigerous nimbus bears two globules in each arm of the visible cross and a small crescent. Floral motif on the reverse exergue above and below the legend. This type is attributed to Constantine VIII alone after 1025 and the death of Basil II