Live auction - bby_497619 - NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS Solidus
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| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 800 € |
| End of the sale : | 31 July 2018 15:44:50 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Solidus
Date: 803-811
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,36 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré. Beaux bustes de Nicéphore Ier et de Stauracius à l’usure régulière. patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : NICIFO-ROS BASILE.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de face de Nicéphore, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant de la main droite une croix potencée et la mappa de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Nicéphore roi).
Reverse
Reverse legend : STAVRA-CIS DESPOIX.
Reverse description : Buste couronné de Stauracius de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant un globe crucigère de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Stauracius Despote).
Commentary
Ce type de solidus reste rare. L’exemplaire de la collection Kapamadji, Bourgey, 27-29 octobre 1992, n° 439 s’était vendu 1.750€ plus les frais.
Historical background
NICEPHORUS I and STAURACIUS
(12/803-25/07/811)
Irene was overthrown in 802 by a palace plot and Nicephorus I became emperor. His son Stauracius, who had married Theophano, was appointed co-emperor in 803. In 811, after a brilliant campaign against the Bulgarians, Nicephorus, having defeated Krum, the Tsar of the Bulgarians, took Pliska his capital, but fell into a ambush and was killed. Stauracius, himself seriously wounded, managed to escape and reach Constantinople. He abdicated on October 2, 811 in favor of his brother-in-law Michael I and retired to a monastery where he died early the following year..
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