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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: 886
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,51 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large, bien centré des deux côtés avec les grènetis visibles. Beau buste de Léon VI. Joli revers à l’épigraphie élégante. Jolie patine vert
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 legend : + LEON/ EN QEO/ BA/ SILEVS R/OMEON.
Reverse description : en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Léon par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Romains),.
Commentary
Poids très léger. Buste allongé de Léon VI. Sur cet exemplaire, l’akakia est peu visible ainsi que la fibule d’attache sur la chlamyde.
Very light weight. Reclining bust of Leo VI. On this example, the akakia is barely visible, as is the fibula attached to the chlamys.
Very light weight. Reclining bust of Leo VI. On this example, the akakia is barely visible, as is the fibula attached to the chlamys.
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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