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Live starting : Type : Miliaresion
Date: c. 1050
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 26 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Joli revers. Manque de métal. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : La Vierge en majesté et en prière (orans) nimbée debout de face sur un piedestal vêtue du pallium et du maphorium les mains tendues et ouvertes ; double grènetis.
Obverse legend : + DESPOI-NA SWSOIS/ MR - QU
Obverse translation : (Puisse la mère de Dieu sauver).
Reverse
Reverse description : Constantin barbu, couronné avec les pendilia de face, vêtu militairement, tenant un long sceptre cruciforme de la main droite et appuyé sur le fourreau de son épée richement décoré ; double grènetis.
Reverse legend : + EUSEBH - MONOACON
Reverse translation : (le pieux Monomaque = Constantin IX).
Commentary
Scyphate.
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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CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS Miliaresion AU
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