bby_387385 - ROMANUS I LACAPENUS Follis
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Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 931-944
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,54 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et ovale. Beau buste de Romain Ier. Légèrement décentré au revers. Patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : + RWMAN BAS-ILEVS RWM’.
Obverse description : Buste couronné de Romain Ier de face, vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant le labarum chrismé transversal de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Romain roi des Romains).
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse legend : + RwMA/ N Eh QEw bA/ SILEUS Rw/ MAiwN.
Reverse translation : (Romain par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Romains).
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
ROMANUS I LACAPENUS
(17/12/920-16/12/944)
Roman I, a peasant of Armenian origin, was named Augustus in 920. His daughter Helena married Constantine VII. He reigned for 25 years, but was deposed by Stephen and Constantine, his children, in 944. Two months later, Constantine VII got rid of his two brothers-in-law and ruled alone for the first time since 908.
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