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bby_411603 - LEO VI THE WISE Follis

LEO VI THE WISE Follis AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 250.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 886
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,29 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale, irrégulier, large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait de Léon VI. Revers de haut relief. Très jolie patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : + LEON BAS-ILEVS ROM'.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Léon VI de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant l'akakia de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Léon roi des Romains).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + LEON/ EN QEO/ BA/ SILEVS R/OMEON.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Léon par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Romains),.

Commentary


Poids très léger.

Historical background


LEO VI THE WISE

(08/28/886-05/11/912)

Leo VI, Basil's second son, eventually succeeded him in 886. Nicknamed the "Philosopher", he completed the legal work begun by his father, which he published under the generic term Basilica. These works were written in Greek and used throughout the medieval period. His son, Constantine VII, was associated with power in 908 and came to power, a minor, in 913, after the death of Alexander VI, brother of Leo VI..

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