Live auction - bby_638324 - CONSTANTINE VI and IRENA Miliaresion
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| Estimate : | 550 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2021 15:36:23 |
Type : Miliaresion
Date: 792-797
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20,50 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,82 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire centré à l’usure régulière. Très joli revers. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de CNG, auction 479, lot n° 259
Obverse
Obverse legend : IHSYS XRIS-TYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ vainqueur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONS/TANTINO/S S IRINIE/ C.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes.
Reverse legend : QEU BA/SILIS+.
Reverse translation : (Constantin et Irène par la grâce de Dieu, rois).
Commentary
Rare monnaie d’argent pour ce règne.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE VI and IRENA
(8/09/780 - 19/08/797)
Constantin VI is only ten years old and it is his mother, Irene, the wife of Leo IV who ensures the regency. Irène finds it difficult to impose herself on the soldiers. Nevertheless, the empress was exiled in 790, but quickly returned to power. Finally in 797, Constantin VI was deposed and blinded. Irene remains alone in power before disappearing in 802.
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