bby_208843 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 115.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 115.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 817-820
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 4 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan irrégulier. Très beaux portraits, bien venus à la frappe. Joli revers. Magnifique patine vert noir
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de MONNAIES XX, n° 133
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Bustes de face de Léon V à gauche et de Constantin à droite, vêtus de la chlamyde ; au mileu, une croisette.
Reverse
Reverse description : dans le champ, surmonté d’une croisette.
Reverse legend : L.K
Commentary
Les deux lettres du champ du revers sont les initiales de chacun des augustes, lambda pour Léon et kappa pour Constantin .
The two letters in the reverse field are the initials of each of the Augusti, lambda for Leo and kappa for Constantine
The two letters in the reverse field are the initials of each of the Augusti, lambda for Leo and kappa for Constantine
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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