bby_614989 - CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS Solidus
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Price : 650.00 €
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Price : 650.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 921
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,41 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Flan court, centré des deux côtés. Jolis bustes. Usure régulière
Obverse
Obverse legend : + KE BOHOEI ROMAHW DESPOTH.
Obverse description : Romain debout tourné vers la gauche, portant la couronne et le loros et un globe crucigère. Sur la droite, le Christ debout qui couronne Romain.
Reverse
Reverse legend : COHSTAHT ET XPISTOF B R.
Reverse description : Bustes vus à mi-corps de Constantin VII à gauche et de Christophe à droite ; ils sont couronnés, Constantin porte le loros et Christophe la chlamyde ; ils tiennent tous deux la croix patriarcale bouletée.
Reverse translation : (Constantin et Christophe rois des Romains).
Historical background
CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS
(6/06/913-9/11/959)
Constantine VII and Roman II
Constantin VII was born in 905 in the purple that his nickname recalls. Emperor in 913, he did not reign alone until 944. Roman I, associated with the empire since 920, was deposed by his two surviving sons Stephen and Constantine on December 16, 944. The two co-emperors were in turn eliminated by Constantin VII on January 27, 945. The son of Leo VI then reigned alone for the first time since 913. On April 6, 945, he joined his son, Roman II, who succeeded him on his death and reigned until 963.
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