bby_662329 - NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Follis

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Type : Follis

Date: 803-811

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : copper

Diameter : 22 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,46 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie légèrement décentrée. Jolie représentation du droit. Usure régulière. Patine foncée

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.12 (Léon V) - R.1802 (Léon V) - Do.5 /1 - BN/B.2 - BC.1607 - DMBR.27 /3 (300€)

Obverse

Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.

Obverse description : Bustes couronnés, vêtus de la chlamyde de Nicéphore Ier barbu et de Stauracius de face ; entre eux, une croix.

Reverse

Reverse legend : X/X/X - N/N/N/ A.

Reverse description : Grande M surmontée d’une croisette.

Commentary

Ce type anépigraphe au droit a connu plusieurs attributions avant que Philip Grierson ne les donne à Nicéphore Ier et Stauracius.

Historical background

NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS

(12/803-25/07/811)

Irene was overthrown in 802 by a palace plot and Nicephorus I became emperor. His son Stauracius, who had married Theophano, was appointed co-emperor in 803. In 811, after a brilliant campaign against the Bulgarians, Nicephorus, having defeated Krum, the Tsar of the Bulgarians, took Pliska his capital, but fell into a ambush and was killed. Stauracius, himself seriously wounded, managed to escape and reach Constantinople. He abdicated on October 2, 811 in favor of his brother-in-law Michael I and retired to a monastery where he died early the following year..

NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Follis XF

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NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Follis XF

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NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Follis AU

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NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Follis XF

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bby_662329 - NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Follis

Obverse

Reverse

Commentary

Historical background

NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS

(12/803-25/07/811)

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