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bby_215354 - LEO VI THE WISE Follis

LEO VI THE WISE Follis XF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2013)
Price : 85.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 886
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,03 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, irrégulier et bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Inscription bien visible au revers. Patine marron foncé, granuleuse
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.8  - R.1873  - Do.8 /46 - BN/B.14  - BC.1729
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient du stock CGB, février 1987

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 description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse legend : + LEON/ Eh QEO/ bA/ SILEUS R/ OMEON.
Reverse translation : (Léon par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Romains).

Commentary

Poids très léger. Sur cet exemplaire, l’akakia est bien visible.

Historical background

LEO VI THE WISE

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

Leo VI, the second son of Basil, eventually succeeding him in 886. Nicknamed the "Philosopher", he completed the legal work begun by his father 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, minor, in 913, after the death of Alexander VI, brother of Leo VI.

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