bby_849049 - ANDRONIKOS I KOMNENOS Tetarteron

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Type : Tetarteron

Date: c. 1183-1185

Mint name / Town : Thessalonica

Metal : copper

Diameter : 22,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,63 g.

Rarity : R1

Coments on the condition:

Flan large, centré. Jolis bustes. Usure régulière. Patine vert foncé

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.13 - R.2171 - Do.- - BN/B.1 - BC.1987 - DMBR.62 /5 (250€)

Obverse

Obverse description : Buste de la Vierge Marie de face, nimbée, vêtu du pallium et du maphorium, le Christ de face.

Obverse legend : MR - QU

Obverse translation : (Mère de Dieu).

Reverse

Reverse description : Buste couronné d’Andronicus Ier à mi-corps debout de face, vêtu du scaramangion et du sagion, tenant le labarum de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la main gauche.

Reverse legend : ANDRO-NIK-OS

Reverse translation : (Manuel despote).

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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