v31_0718 - ROMANUS I LACAPENUS Follis
MONNAIES 31 (2007)
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 120.00 €
Starting price : 120.00 €
Estimate : 180.00 €
Realised price : 120.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 120.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 931-944
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 8039 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan légèrement irrégulier. Beau portrait. Frappe un peu molle et tréflée au revers sur la légende. Patine vert 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
Surfrappé sur un follis de Léon VI le Sage (BC. 1729).
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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