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v20_0132 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis

LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis AU/AU
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 75.00 €
Estimate : 120.00 €
Realised price : 75.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 813-820
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan étroit et irrégulier. Très beaux portraits. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste de Léon V de face, vêtu du loros, tenant une croix potencée.
Obverse legend : [L-E/O/N].

Reverse


Reverse description : Buste de Constantin de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant un globe crucigère.

Commentary


Le droit est bien le portrait de Léon V avec le loros qui est une cuirasse ornementée.

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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