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| Estimate : | 175 € |
| Price : | 49 € |
| Maximum bid : | 65 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 January 2015 16:15:00 |
| bidders : | 10 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1028-1034
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 10,24 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale, bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste du Christ. Joli revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine vert clair
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : +EMMA-NOVHA/ IC - XC.
Obverse description : Grand buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).
Reverse
Reverse legend : IS-XC/ BAS-ILE/ BAS-ILE.
Reverse description : Croix aux extrémités bouletées posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Commentary
Surfrappé. Poids lourd. Follis anonyme, classe B. Globe nimbé crucigère, la croix ornée de trois rectangles évidés. Les Évangiles ornés de cinq globules posés en carré centré.
Over-smashed. Heavyweight. Anonymous Follis, Class B. Cruciger-shaped globe, the cross decorated with three hollowed-out rectangles. The Gospels decorated with five globules placed in a centered square.
Over-smashed. Heavyweight. Anonymous Follis, Class B. Cruciger-shaped globe, the cross decorated with three hollowed-out rectangles. The Gospels decorated with five globules placed in a centered square.
Historical background
ROMANUS III ARGYRUS
(12/11/1028-11/04/1034)
Romain III had married Zoé, the daughter of Basil II, who became the mistress of the future Michel IV and Romain was suffocated in his bath.
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