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bby_208843 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis

LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 817-820
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Très beaux portraits, bien venus à la frappe. Joli revers. Magnifique patine vert noir
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.27  - R.1805  - Do.19  - BN/B.1  - BC.1635
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XX, n° 133

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes de face de Léon V à gauche et de Constantin à droite, vêtus de la chlamyde ; au mileu, une croisette.

Reverse

Reverse description : dans le champ, surmonté d’une croisette.
Reverse legend : L.K.

Commentary

Les deux lettres du champ du revers sont les initiales de chacun des augustes, lambda pour Léon et kappa pour Constantin .

Historical background

LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE

(25/12/813-25/12/820)

Leo V did not have time to pursue the iconoclastic quarrel. Following fierce repression, he was assassinated in Saint Sophia Cathedral on Christmas Day with his son Constantine. Leo V had won great victories against the Bulgarians, especially against Krum. Leo V is a contemporary of Charlemagne, whom his predecessor Michael I had recognized as Emperor of the West in 812..

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