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E-auction 16-4204 - bby_275434 - CONSTANTINE VIII Follis

CONSTANTINE VIII Follis VF
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Estimate : 55 €
Price : 11 €
Maximum bid : 13 €
End of the sale : 05 August 2013 15:44:30
bidders : 3 bidders
Type : Follis
Date: c. 976-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 12,19 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan épais, ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait réaliste du Christ. Faiblesse de frappe sur les légendes. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine marron foncé granuleuse
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


Poids lourd. Follis anonyme. Classe A3. Les Évangiles sont richement ornés. Le nimbe crucigère porte une croisette cantonnée de quatre globules dans chaque bras de la croix. 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, mais Andreas Sommer l’attribue encore aux deux frères, malgré le poids et le diamètre.

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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