v36_1189 - BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII Histamenon Nomisma
MONNAIES 36 (2008)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 560.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 660.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 700.00 €
Realised price : 560.00 €
Number of bids : 9
Maximum bid : 660.00 €
Type : Histamenon Nomisma
Date: 989-1001
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 22,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,02 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Très beau portrait du christ.
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX REGNATIHIM.
Obverse description : 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 : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + BASIL C COHSTANTI B R’.
Reverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Basile II, vêtu du loros et de Constantin vêtu de la chlamyde ; ils tiennent ensemble la croix patriarcale.
Reverse translation : (Basile et Constantin rois romains).
Commentary
Poids léger. Le nimbe crucigère du Christ est orné d’une série de deux globules superposés.
Historical background
BASIL II and CONSTANTINE VIII
(01/10/976-12/15/1025)
Basil II the Bulgaroctone was the greatest emperor of the Macedonian dynasty which died out with Theodora in 1056. Basil II was the son of Roman II and Theophano. He had been elevated to power by his father, still a child, in 960. He was associated with power during the successive reigns of Nicephorus II Phocas and John I. Constantin VIII, his brother, was subordinate to him throughout his reign and succeeded him in 1025 for only three years. Basil restored Byzantine authority in the Balkans and Asia Minor.
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