bby_1098650 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Solidus
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Price : 5 800.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 813-820
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,32 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Bustes de toute beauté. Monnaie finement détaillé. Patine de collection
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Obverse
Obverse legend : LEON BASILEY.
Obverse description : Buste de Léon V de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant une croix potencée et l'akakia ; un globule dans le champ à gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANT DESP.
Reverse description : Buste de Constantin de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant un globe crucigère et l'akakia.
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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