Live auction - bby_501770 - BASIL I and CONSTANTINE Solidus
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 980 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 205 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 15:35:24 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 868-879
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1.000 ‰
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Magnifique exemplaire bien centré sur un petit flan. Frappe fine et vigoureuse des deux côtés. Superbes bustes au revers
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XPS REX -REGNANTIYM*.
Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé, vêtu du pallium et du colombium trônant de face, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : BASILIOS ET COHSTAHT AYGG' B'.
Reverse description : Bustes de Basile à gauche et de Constantin à droite de face, couronnés, vêtus pour le premier du loros, pour le second de la chlamyde, tenant ensemble la croix patriarcale.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin augustes).
Commentary
Au droit, nous avons une étoile en fin de légende. Portrait juvénile de Constantin. Ce type semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. L’exemplaire de MONNAIES 36, n° 1188 s’est vendu 1.100€ avec cinq offres.
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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