Live auction - bby_937085 - CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV Solidus
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Live starting : Type : Solidus
Date: 741-751
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan idéalement centré des deux côtés. Bustes finement détaillés. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : G N C-ON-STANTINY (NC).
Obverse description : Buste barbu et couronné de Constantin V de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant la croix potencée de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Notre seigneur Constantin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : C - LEO-N PAMYLT.
Reverse description : Buste de Léon III barbu et couronné, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant une croix potencée de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Léon grand père).
Commentary
Le droit est bien celui où figure le buste de Constantin V et pas l’inverse comme indiqué dans l’ouvrage de Grierson (DOC.).
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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CONSTANTINE V and LEO IV Solidus MS
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