Live auction - bby_528134 - ROMANUS I and CHRISTOPHER Solidus
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| Estimate : | 980 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 15:35:54 |
Type : Solidus
Date: 922-931
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 1,000 ‰
Diameter : 19,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré, un peu court au revers sur le début de la légende. Représentation du Christ élégante au droit. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Patine de collection ancienne. Conserve une partie de son brillant de frappe et de son coupant d’origine
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XPS REX - REGNANTIYM (ROSETTE).
Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé, vêtu du pallium et du colombium trônant de face, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ rois des rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ROMAN' ET XPISTOFO' AVGG B.
Reverse description : Bustes couronnés de face de Romain Ier à gauche, vêtu du loros et de Christophe à droite vêtu de la chlamyde, tenant ensemble une croix patriarcale bouletée.
Reverse translation : (Romain et Christophe augustes).
Historical background
ROMANUS I and CHRISTOPHER
(20/05/921-08/931)
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 reigned alone for the first time since 908. Christopher, the eldest son of Roman I, was associated with Constantine VII and his father in 921. He died in 931.
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