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bby_249119 - CONSTANTINE VIII Follis

CONSTANTINE VIII Follis VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 35.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1025-1028
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 30,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 9,47 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier à l’usure très importante, mais lisible et identifiable. patine noire
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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 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. Les Évangiles sont richement ornés. Le nimbe crucigère porte cinq globules posés en carré centré. Motif en forme d’étoile à six rais 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.
Anonymous Follis. Class A3. The Gospels are richly decorated. The cruciform nimbus bears five globules arranged in a centered square. A six-pointed star motif in the exergue of the reverse above and below the legend. 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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