bby_402812 - ROMANUS I and CHRISTOPHER Solidus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 450.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2016)
Price : 450.00 €
Type : Solidus
Date: 922-931
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,01 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière
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).
Commentary
Poids léger.
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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