v55_0501 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN Follis

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 :

BMC/B.6 - R.1795 - Do.6 /1 - BN/B.1 - BC.1629 (65£) - DMBR.29 /4 (350€)

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.
This type was normally only struck in 813 before Leo V associated Constantine V with the throne.

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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