Live auction - bby_831168 - ANDRONIKOS I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
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| Estimate : | 300 € |
| Price : | 170 € |
| Maximum bid : | 170 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:33:10 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1183-1185
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : billon
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,75 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan idéalement centré, large. Magnifique revers, finement détaillé. Patine grise avec de légers reflets dorés
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse description : La Vierge nimbée, debout de face, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, tenant dans ses bras la tête nimbée de l’enfant Jésus.
Obverse legend : MR - QU.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IC - XC.
Reverse description : Andronicus Ier et le Christ debout de face ; Andronicus est debout à gauche, vêtu du divitsion et du loros, tenant un labarum court de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; le Christ est nimbé, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant Andronicus de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : ANDRONIKOS - DESPOTH.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ/ Andronicus despote).
Commentary
Exemplaire de très beau style.
Historical background
ANDRONIKOS I KOMNENOS
(09/1183-12/09/1185)
Andronicus I succeeded Alexis II Comnenus after the assassination of Mary of Antioch, Manuel I's wife. Andronicus was a cousin of Manuel from the Comnenus family. He had led an adventurous life and came to the empire in his sixties. In August 1185, the Normans seized Thessalonica and the mob massacred Andronicus I on September 12 in Constantinople. The emperor's reign had been short and violent.
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