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bby_941789 - ALEXIUS I COMNENUS Follis

ALEXIUS I COMNENUS Follis VF
80.00 €(Approx. 83.20$ | 66.40£)
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 1085-1092
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,93 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large, mince et irrégulier à l’usure importante, mais parfaitement identifiable. Jolie patine verte

Obverse


Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste nimbé du Christ de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant un volumen de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).

Reverse


Reverse description : Buste de la Vierge nimbée debout de face, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, priant ; le tout dans un double grènetis perlé.
Reverse legend : M - Q
Reverse translation : (Mère de Dieu).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Ce type de follis était attribué à Constantin IX (1042-1055) et aussi à Alexis Ier (1081-1118) pour la période comprise entre 1085 et 1092. Souvent ces folles sont surfrappés sur des folles de Constantin X (BC. 1853-1854) ou de Romain IV (BC. 1866).

Historical background


ALEXIUS I COMNENUS

(4/04/1081-15/08/1118)

Alexis I is the ancestor of a dynasty that would reign over Constantinople until 1204, when it was taken by the Crusaders. On a monetary level, Alexis reformed the gold coinage and created a new species, the hyperfather, a new solidus of 20 carats fine. Alexis I had to fight against the Normans. He tried to treat with the Italian republics, Pisa and Venice. At the end of his reign, he watched in despair as the Crusaders captured Jerusalem. Far from bringing together the Christians, separated by the Great Schism of 1054, this new intervention was to be the source of many conflicts between Byzantines and Crusaders..

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