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bby_790748 - ROMANUS II Follis
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 959-963
Mint name / Town : Cherson
Metal : copper
Diameter : 24 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 6,50 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Patine marron
Obverse
Obverse description : Monogramme de Romain.
Reverse
Reverse description : Croix posée sur deux degrés, accostée de deux globules.
Commentary
Sur cet exemplaire le rhô de Romain est rétrograde. Cherson n’a frappé (ou coulé) que des monnaies en cuivre, de facture généralement particulière.
Historical background
ROMANUS II
9/11/959 - 15/03/963
Roman II is the son of Constantine VII. Associated to the throne by his father from April 6, 945, he succeeded him without any opposition on his death on November 9, 959. Under the influence of his wife Theophano, he associated their two sons, the future Basil II and Constantine VIII. He was only a puppet during his current reign. Roman II died at the age of twenty-four on March 15, 963. Nicephorus II Phocas, a brilliant general who became famous by retaking Crete from the Arabs and making successful incursions as far as Aleppo, succeeded him on August 16, 963 after an interregnum of six months and married the widow of Romain II, becoming the father-in-law and the regent of the two sons of Romain II.
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