Description: Archaios Numismatics __________________________________________ Description: Byzantine Bronze Follis of Emperor Romanus I Lecapenus , circa 920-944 AD.Obverse: Half-length, crowned facing bust of Romanus I, holding transverse trefoil-tipped labarum sceptre and globus cruciger ; +RWMAh bASILEVS RWMReverse: Four lines legend within circle: + RWMA / N' Eh ΘEW bA / SILEVS RW / MAIWh Mint: ConstantinopleSize: 24mm Weight: 3.89 g Ref: Sear 1760; Inventory: 60.01Condition: aVF. Nice example of this coin ! Use the Picture as your judge as grading is subjective. Note: Romanus Lecapenus (Romanos Lakapenos) was Byzantine emperor from 920 until his deposition in 944, serving as regent for the young Constantine VII. Romanus was born in Lakape (later Laqabin) between Melitene and Samosata (hence the name) and was the son of a peasant with the remarkable name of Theophylact the Unbearable (Theophylaktos Abastaktos). His father Theophylact, while in his duty as a soldier, had rescued the Emperor Basil I from the enemy in battle at Tephrike and had been rewarded by a place in the Imperial Guard Romanus came to the attention of the imperial court during a successful career in the navy. Both his accomplishments and his daughter caught the eye of the emperor Constantine VII, who married the daughter and made the father co-emperor in 920. Within a few years Constantine found himself surrounded by Lecapenoi, as Romanus concentrated power in his own hands, raising his own sons Christopher, Stephen and Constantine to co-rulers and diluting the authority of the nominally senior emperor, to the point of striking coinage in his own name, without acknowledging Constantine. Even Constantine VII's own son was named Romanus! Constantine finally maneuvered to turn the family's own ambitions against them, encouraging the sons to oust the father in 944, and then deposing the sons the following year. Excerpts taken from Head, Hist. Numorum, and Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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Denomination: Follis
Historical Period: Byzantine (300-1400 AD)
Composition: Bronze
Era: Ancient
