bby_217294 - LEO VI THE WISE Follis
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Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2015)
Price : 95.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 886
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un tout petit flan irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait. Inscription bien visible au revers. Patine marron foncé, granuleuse
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 excessivement léger. Sur cet exemplaire, l’akakia est bien visible.
Historical background
LEO VI THE WISE
(08/28/886-05/11/912)
Leo VI, Basil's second son, eventually succeeded him in 886. Nicknamed the "Philosopher", he completed the legal work begun by his father, which 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, a minor, in 913, after the death of Alexander VI, brother of Leo VI..
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