bby_610010 - LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: 813-820
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 22 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,29 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré à l’usure régulière. Beaux portraits. Frappe un peu molle au revers. Patine verte
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : LEON S CONS.
Obverse description : Bustes de Léon V et de Constantin V de face couronnés, vêtus de la chlamyde.
Obverse translation : (Léon et Constantin).
Reverse
Reverse legend : X/X/X - N/N/N/ A.
Reverse description : Grande M surmontée d’une croisette.
Historical background
LEO V THE ARMENIAN and CONSTANTINE
(25/12/813-25/12/820)
Leo V did not have time to pursue the iconoclastic quarrel. Following fierce repression, he was assassinated in Saint Sophia Cathedral on Christmas Day with his son Constantine. Leo V had won great victories against the Bulgarians, especially against Krum. Leo V is a contemporary of Charlemagne, whom his predecessor Michael I had recognized as Emperor of the West in 812..
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