bby_610046 - ISAAC II ANGELUS Tetarteron
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Type : Tetarteron
Date: 1185-1195
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,45 g.
Rarity : R1
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Exemplaire sur un petit flan épais, légèrement décentré. Très belle représentation de la Vierge et de l’empereur. Jolie patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse description : La Vierge debout de face, nimbée, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, déployés, en orante ; sa poitrine ornée de la tête nimbée du Christ enfant.
Obverse legend : (MTR) - QU.
Obverse translation : (Mère de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse description : Isaac II debout de face, couronné, vêtu du divitision e de la chlamyde, tenant un sceptre cruciforme de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche, béni par la main de Dieu.
Reverse legend : I/SA/AKI/OS - DES/P-O-T/H/S.
Reverse translation : (Isaac despote).
Historical background
ISAAC II ANGELUS
(09/12/1185 - 04/8/1195)
Isaac is a female descendant of Alexis I Comnenus. After the assassination of Andronicus I Comnenus after the capture of Thessalonica in 1185, Isaac II inherited a decaying Empire. Caught between Bulgarian power and the expansionist aims of the Crusaders, he was finally deposed and blinded by his older brother Alexis III Ange-Comnenus. Eight years later, after the capture of Constantinople by the Venetians, Isaac II regained the throne associated with Alexis IV Ange, his son. They were finally both assassinated by the populace on January 28, 1204. On April 12, 1204, the Crusaders took Constantinople, ransacked and looted the city.
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