Live auction - bby_521911 - CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV Solidus
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| Estimate : | 3 200 € |
| Price : | 3 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 3 610 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 March 2019 15:14:54 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Solidus
Date: 751-757
Mint name / Town : Syracusa
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 4,45 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle sur un flan large, ovale et irrégulier, bien centré des deux côtés. Bustes magnifiques de Constantin V et de Léon IV au droit et de Léon III au revers. Belle patine. Conserve l’intégralité de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : CONTAN - LEON.
Obverse description : Bustes accolés de Constantin V à gauche, barbu et couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde et de Léon IV, imberbe et couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde ; au milieu, une petite croisette.
Obverse translation : (Constantin et Léon).
Reverse
Reverse legend : G-NO L-EON PAM’.
Reverse description : Buste de Léon III barbu et couronné, vêtu du loros, tenant la croix potencée de la main droite.
Reverse translation : (Léon grand père).
Commentary
Ce type semble beaucoup plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est la première fois que nous le présentons à la vente.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV
(06/6/751-09/14/775)
During the reign of Constantine V, Ravenna fell into the hands of the Lombards. At the same time, the Byzantines lost much of their authority over the papacy and Italy in general. That same year, Pepin the Short became king of the Franks and inaugurated a new dynasty, the Carolingians. In the East, Constantine won considerable victories over Islam and celebrated a triumph at Constantinople in 763. Iconoclast like his father Leo III, he fought the pope, the iconodules and the Greek monastic movements who opposed his religious policy..
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