bby_857698 - LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI Miliaresion
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Price : 450.00 €
Type : Miliaresion
Date: c. 720-741
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,13 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IHSYS XRISTYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ vainqueur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + LEON//S CONSTAN//TINE E//C QEOY//BA/SILIS..
Reverse description : en cinq lignes.
Reverse translation : (Léon et Constantin par la grâce de Dieu, rois des Romains),.
Commentary
Il est difficile de distinguer les miliaresion de Léon III (717-741) et de Léon IV son petit-fils (775-780). Sur cet exemplaire comme sur ceux du Cabinet des médailles de la BnF, au revers il n’y a pas de globule final.
It is difficult to distinguish the miliaresion of Leo III (717-741) and his grandson Leo IV (775-780). On this example, as on those in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF, on the reverse there is no final globule
It is difficult to distinguish the miliaresion of Leo III (717-741) and his grandson Leo IV (775-780). On this example, as on those in the Cabinet des médailles of the BnF, on the reverse there is no final globule
Historical background
LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI
(24/04/776 - 8/09/780)
Leo IV is the son of Constantine V and his first wife, a Khazar princess. Associated with the throne on June 6, 751, he succeeded his father on September 14, 775. Leo IV was married to Irene, who took an important ascendancy in the affairs of the Empire. Constantin VI, their son was proclaimed august on April 24, 776. When Leo IV died after five years of reign on September 8, 780, Irene was appointed regent for her minor son, ten years old.
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