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E-auction 96-50156 - bby_337516 - ROMANUS III ARGYRUS Follis

ROMANUS III ARGYRUS Follis AU
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Estimate : 175 €
Price : 62 €
Maximum bid : 62 €
End of the sale : 16 February 2015 16:12:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1028-1034
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 12,52 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau portrait du Christ. Très joli revers de haut relief. Jolie patine verte
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : +EMMA-NOVHA/ IC - XC.
Obverse description : Grand buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).

Reverse


Reverse legend : IS-XC/ BAS-ILE/ BAS-ILE.
Reverse description : Croix aux extrémités bouletées posée sur trois degrés.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).

Commentary


Follis anonyme, classe B. Globe nimbé crucigère pointé, la croix ornée de trois carrés évidés Les Évangiles ornés de cinq globules posés en carré centré. Surfrappé sur un follis anonyme de Constantin VIII et de Basile II (classe A2, BC. 1813).

Historical background


ROMANUS III ARGYRUS

(12/11/1028-11/04/1034)

Romain III had married Zoé, the daughter of Basil II, who became the mistress of the future Michel IV and Romain was suffocated in his bath.

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