bby_790284 - CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS Miliaresion
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Price : 1 500.00 €
Type : Miliaresion
Date: c. 1050
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,34 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie idéalement centrée. Très beau buste de la Vierge. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de la Vierge de face.
Obverse legend : H RLACER NITICA/ MR - QU
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende en 6 lignes.
Reverse legend : QKE R Q / KWNSTAN / TINWDES / POTE TW / MONOMA / C
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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