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E-auction 88-45029 - bby_292853 - ROMANUS II Follis

ROMANUS II Follis XF/VG
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Estimate : 175 €
Price : 27 €
Maximum bid : 51 €
End of the sale : 22 December 2014 16:14:30
bidders : 10 bidders
Type : Follis
Date: c. 959-963
Mint name / Town : Cherson
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan. Très joli droit avec le monogramme bien visible. Usure importante au revers, rendant la lecture difficile. Patine sable granuleuse
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : Monogramme de Romain.

Reverse


Reverse description : Croix posée sur deux degrés, accostée de deux globules.

Commentary


Poids léger. Sur cet exemplaire le rhô de Romain est rétrograde. Cherson n’a frappé (ou coulé) que des monnaies en cuivre, de facture généralement particulière.

Historical background


ROMANUS II

9/11/959 - 15/03/963

Roman II is the son of Constantine VII. Associated to the throne by his father from April 6, 945, he succeeded him without any opposition on his death on November 9, 959. Under the influence of his wife Theophano, he associated their two sons, the future Basil II and Constantine VIII. He was only a puppet during his current reign. Roman II died at the age of twenty-four on March 15, 963. Nicephorus II Phocas, a brilliant general who became famous by retaking Crete from the Arabs and making successful incursions as far as Aleppo, succeeded him on August 16, 963 after an interregnum of six months and married the widow of Romain II, becoming the father-in-law and the regent of the two sons of Romain II.

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