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v34_1096 - LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI Solidus

LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI Solidus AU
MONNAIES 34 (2008)
Starting price : 650.00 €
Estimate : 1 200.00 €
Realised price : 850.00 €
Number of bids : 5
Maximum bid : 1 000.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: c. 778-780
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,40 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, légèrement décentré sur les légendes. Très beaux portraits
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la vente Giessener Münzhandlung 44, 3 avril 1989, n° 1031

Obverse


Obverse legend : [LEON VS S ECCON] CONSTANTINOS O NEOS.
Obverse description : Léon IV à gauche et Constantin VI à droite, assis de face sur un double trône, couronnés et vêtus de la chlamyde ; au milieu, une croisette.

Reverse


Reverse legend : [LEON PAP] CONSTANTINOS PATHR.
Reverse description : Bustes de face de Léon III à gauche et de Constantin V à droite, couronnés, vêtus du loros ; au milieu, une croisette et un globule.

Commentary


Ce type de solidus semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux.

Historical background


LEO IV THE KHAZAR and CONSTANTINE VI

(24/04/776 - 8/09/780)

Leo IV is the son of Constantine V and his first wife, a Khazar princess. Associated with the throne on June 6, 751, he succeeded his father on September 14, 775. Leo IV was married to Irene, who took an important ascendancy in the affairs of the Empire. Constantin VI, their son was proclaimed august on April 24, 776. When Leo IV died after five years of reign on September 8, 780, Irene was appointed regent for her minor son, ten years old.

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