v34_1097 - CONSTANTINE VII PORPHYROGENITUS Solidus
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 495.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 750.00 €
Starting price : 350.00 €
Estimate : 750.00 €
Realised price : 495.00 €
Number of bids : 7
Maximum bid : 750.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 945-959
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Jolie représentation du Christ. Flan légèrement bombé. Portraits de haut relief. Usure superficielle. Une fine patine recouvre l’exemplaire
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XPS REX - REGNANTIYM.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, portant le nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, la main droite bénissante et tenant de la main gauche les Évangiles.
Obverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONSTANT' CE ROMAN' AYGG B R'N .
Reverse description : Bustes vus à mi-corps de Constantin VII à gauche et de Romain II à droite ; ils sont couronnés, Constantin porte le loros et Romain la chlamyde ; ils tiennent tous deux la croix patriarcale.
Reverse translation : (Constantin et Romain augustes 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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