fme_852557 - CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS Médaille, Lord Thurlow
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Type : Médaille, Lord Thurlow
Date: 1789
Metal : tin
Diameter : 33 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 10,41 g.
Edge : lisse
Puncheon : sans poinçon
Coments on the condition:
Usure régulière. Présence de coups et rayures. Flan voilé. Présence de rayrues
Obverse
Obverse legend : EDW. LORD THUR – LOW // 1789.
Obverse description : Buste de profil à gauche, coiffé d’un chapeau.
Reverse
Reverse legend : THE RIGHT - HON. W. PITT // 1789.
Reverse description : Buste habillé de profil à droite.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS
(06/12/1042-01/11/1055)
Constantine IX succeeded Michael V and brought Basil II's daughters Zoe and Theodora back to court. He married the second. Constantinople experienced an artistic renaissance under his reign to the detriment of the Treasury. It was in 1054 that the Great Schism occurred between the Church of Constantinople and that of Rome, at the origin of the birth of the Orthodox who no longer recognize the supremacy of the bishop of Rome. Constantine died in 1055. It was Theodora who succeeded him for only 7 months, the last descendant of the Macedonian dynasty.
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