Live auction - bby_695442 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
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| Estimate : | 600 € |
| Price : | 300 € |
| Maximum bid : | 400 € |
| End of the sale : | 26 October 2021 16:16:47 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 31,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,62 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Très joli revers finement détaillé. Usure plus importante au droit. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ en majesté trônant de face, la tête coiffée d’un nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche ; double grènetis.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Jean II barbu, couronné avec pendilia, vêtu du divitsion et de la chlamyde, debout de face, tenant la longue croix patriarcale posée sur deux degrés avec saint Georges nimbé debout de face, vêtu militairement, tenant de la main gauche l’épée dans son fourreau ; double grènetis.
Reverse legend : Iw/ DES/PO/TH - Q/ GE/wR/GI.
Reverse translation : (Jean despote saint Georges).
Commentary
Exemplaire en électrum (jaune pâle), pourcentage d’or qui doit être très faible. Flan fortement scyphate.
Historical background
JOHN II KOMNENOS
(15/08/1118 - 8/041143)
Jean II, eldest son of Alexis Comnenus succeeded him on the throne of Byzantium on August 15, 1118 despite the opposition of his sister Anne. His reign marks a return of the empire to the international scene. Antioch was taken over while John II's Balkan policy allowed him to win diplomatically over the Serbs. He allied himself with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in order to counterbalance the growing power of the Normans in southern Italy and Sicily. Domestically, he tried to reduce the commercial advantages of the Venetians granted by his father, Alexios. After twenty five years of reign, he died in a hunting accident.
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