bby_269464 - NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
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Price : 225.00 €
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1222-1254
Mint name / Town : Atelier indéterminé
Metal : billon
Diameter : 27 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,17 g.
Rarity : INÉDIT
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale et irrégulier, bombé. Droit à l’usure très importante. Joli revers. Patine verte
Obverse
Obverse description : L’archange saint Michel ou Saint Georges debout de face.
Reverse
Reverse description : Jean III couronné, vêtu du divitision, du loros et du sagion, tenant de la main gauche l’akakia et de la main droite, une épée et saint Constantin nimbé debout de face, tenant une épée de la main gauche ; ils tiennent tous les deux un étendard.
Reverse legend : Iw/ S/O/D/K
Reverse translation : (Jean despote Ducas).
Commentary
Aspron trachy (scyphate). Exemplaire fortement bombé (scyphate). Semble complètement inédit et non répertorié. Manque à tous les ouvrages consultés.
Historical background
NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS
(1222-3/11/1254)
Jean III Ducas Vatatzès or Jean I of Nicaea is the son-in-law of Théodore Lascaris, the founder of the dynasty. He continued the work of his predecessor and was one of the greatest rulers in Byzantine history. He succeeded in containing his competitors: the Emperor of Thessaloniki, the Tsar of the Bulgarians (Asên II) and the Latin Empire whose life was already dependent on the disunity between its enemies. Spared in extremis by the Mongol deluge, Nicaea took advantage of the weakening of its neighbors. Despite the wars, John III raised the economy of the country and Nicaea experienced a well-being such as the Byzantine Empire had not had for a long time..
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