bby_1176638 - ROMANUS I LACAPENUS Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 920/1
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,91 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan centré. Des faiblesses. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse legend : + RWMAH BAS-ILEVS RWM.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de face de Romain Ier barbu, vêtu de la chlamyde gemmée, tenant le labarum de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : + RWMA/ H' EH QEW BA/ SILEVS RW/ MAIWN .
Reverse description : en quatre lignes.
Historical background
ROMANUS I LACAPENUS
(17/12/920-16/12/944)
Roman I, a peasant of Armenian origin, was named Augustus in 920. His daughter Helena married Constantine VII. He reigned for 25 years, but was deposed by Stephen and Constantine, his children, in 944. Two months later, Constantine VII got rid of his two brothers-in-law and reigned alone for the first time since 908.
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