bby_978916 - BASIL I "THE MACEDONIAN" Unité
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Type : Unité
Date: 868-870
Mint name / Town : Cherson
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,79 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Usure régulière. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Grand B dans le champ sur la ligne d’exergue, accostée de deux petits globules, un de chaque côté.
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix posée sur deux degrés accostée de deux globules, un de chaque côté.
Commentary
Monnayage particulier de l’atelier de Crimée.
Historical background
BASIL I "THE MACEDONIAN"
(23/09/867-28/08/886)
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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