v55_0507 - NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS Tetarteron
MONNAIES 55 (2012)
Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Starting price : 175.00 €
Estimate : 300.00 €
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Type : Tetarteron
Date: c. 1222-1254
Mint name / Town : Magnésie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,21 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste de saint Georges. Joli revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine marron foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de l’archange Saint Georges debout de face nimbé, drapé avec le sagion, tenant une lance de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche.
Obverse legend : Q- GIO.
Obverse translation : (saint Georges).
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, le labarum.
Reverse legend : Iw/ DES/PO - D/O/U/KA/S.
Reverse translation : (Jean despote Ducas).
Commentary
Poids très léger. C’est bien saint Georges qui est représenté au droit.
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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