Live auction - bby_532689 - NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS Hyperpère
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| Estimate : | 720 € |
| Price : | 600 € |
| Maximum bid : | 600 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 15:39:21 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Hyperpère
Date: c. 1225-1250
Mint name / Town : Ionie, Magnésie
Metal : gold
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,38 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés. Très belle représentation du Christ au droit. Joli revers de style fin. Belle patine de collection ancienne avec des reflets mordorés
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ trônant de face sur un siège sans dossier, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Jean III couronné par la Vierge nimbée, portant la tunique et le maphorion ; l’empereur porte la stemma, le divitision, le maniakon et le loros simplifié ; il tient de la main droite un labarum et l'akakia de la main gauche .
Reverse legend : MR - QU/ Iw/ DE/SP/ - Twn/P/F/R/G.
Reverse translation : (mère de Dieu/ Jean despote né dans la pourpre).
Commentary
Scyphate (flan concave). Neuf perles au diadème, six autour du cou. Labarum bouleté.
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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