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E-auction 115-61781 - bby_359481 - LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI Follis

LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI Follis VF
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Estimate : 175 €
Price : 88 €
Maximum bid : 105 €
End of the sale : 29 June 2015 16:04:30
bidders : 5 bidders
Type : Follis
Date: 776-778
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,67 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure très importante, identifiable. Patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes de Léon IV à gauche et de Constantin VI à droite de face couronnés ; au milieu une croix ; ils sont tous les deux couronnés, vêtus de la chlamyde.

Reverse


Reverse legend : M/ B - A.
Reverse description : Bustes à mi corps de Léon III, Constantin V, couronnées et vêtus du loros sur une ligne ; au-dessous, grande M accostée de deux letttres.

Commentary


Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la deuxième fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
This type seems much rarer than general works suggest. This is the second time we have offered it for sale.

Historical background


LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI

(24/04/776 - 8/09/780)

Leo IV is the son of Constantine V and his first wife, a Khazar princess. Associated with the throne on June 6, 751, he succeeded his father on September 14, 775. Leo IV was married to Irene, who took an important ascendancy in the affairs of the Empire. Constantin VI, their son was proclaimed august on April 24, 776. When Leo IV died after five years of reign on September 8, 780, Irene was appointed regent for her minor son, ten years old.

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