bby_857705 - LEO VI THE WISE Miliaresion
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Type : Miliaresion
Date: 886-908
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Millesimal fineness : 1000 ‰
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 1,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan centré, légèrement voilé. Joli revers. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IHSYS XRISTYS NICA.
Obverse description : Croix potencée posée sur trois degrés au-dessus d’un globe.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ vainqueur).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + LEWN/ EH X° W EV/ SEBHS BASI/ LEVS RWMAIWN.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignesdans un triple grènetis perlé et bouleté.
Reverse translation : (Léon par la grâce de Dieu, rois des Romains),.
Historical background
LEO VI THE WISE
(08/28/886-05/11/912)
Leo VI, Basil's second son, eventually succeeded him in 886. Nicknamed the "Philosopher", he completed the legal work begun by his father, which he published under the generic term Basilica. These works were written in Greek and used throughout the medieval period. His son, Constantine VII, was associated with power in 908 and came to power, a minor, in 913, after the death of Alexander VI, brother of Leo VI..
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