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v20_0133 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis

LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis AU
MONNAIES 20 (2004)
Starting price : 100.00 €
Estimate : 150.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis
Date: 813-820
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement irrégulier. Très beaux portraits. Jolie patine vert olive foncé
Catalogue references :

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 : LK.

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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