bby_257617 - LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2011)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 778-780
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement voilé. Beaux portraits. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Léon IV à gauche et Constantin VI à droite, assis de face sur un double trône, couronnés et vêtus de la chlamyde ; au milieu, une croisette.
Reverse
Reverse legend : X- M -N.
Reverse description : Bustes de face de Léon III à gauche et de Constantin V à droite, couronnés, vêtus du loros ; au milieu, une croisette ; au-dessous .
Commentary
Ce type de follis semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.
This type of follies seems rarer than general works suggest.
This type of follies seems rarer than general works suggest.
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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