Live auction - bby_520852 - BASIL I and CONSTANTINE Miliaresion
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| Estimate : | 650 € |
| Price : | 380 € |
| Maximum bid : | 500 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 15:15:24 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Miliaresion
Date: 868-879
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 25,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 2,87 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et complet des deux côtés. Petit paille de métal au droit dans le champ à droite. Au revers la légende est particulièrement bien venue à la frappe. Patine de collection avec des reflets dorés. Conserve la plus grande partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHSYS XRI-STYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois niveaux, posée sur un globule ; le tout dans un double grènetis circulaire.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ vainqueur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : +BASI/LIOS CE/ CONSTAN/TIN PISTV/ BASILIS/ ROMEO’.
Reverse description : Légende en six lignes dans un double grènetis circulaire.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois des Romains).
Commentary
Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. Sur cet exemplaire, les grènetis du droit et du revers sont bien visibles.
Historical background
BASIL I and CONSTANTINE
(10/02/868-3/09/879)
Basil was associated with the throne on May 26, 866 by Michael III the Drunkard and became sole emperor after having assassinated him. He reigned alone for a year, then associated to the throne in 868 his favorite son Constantine, who died in 879. Under the reign of Basil I, Syracuse fell into the hands of Islam and in 878, Sicily was definitively lost. Basil's reign was a period of consolidation. The emperor collected all of Justinian's legal works better known as the Basilica. Basil died in a hunting accident.
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