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v55_0501 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN Follis

LEO V THE ARMENIAN Follis XF
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
unsold lot
Type : Follis
Date: 813
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,95 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Léon V. Revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Buste de Léon V de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant une croix potencée.
Obverse legend : LE-ON BASIl.
Obverse translation : (Léon roi).

Reverse


Reverse legend : X/X/X - N/N/N/ A.
Reverse description : Grande M surmontée d’une croisette.

Commentary


Ce type normalement n’est frappé qu’en 813 avant que Léon V n’associe au trône Constantin V.

Historical background


LEO V THE ARMENIAN

(07/11/813 - 12/25/820)

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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