E-auction 99-52254 - bby_343721 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Demi-tetarteron
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| Estimate : | 95 € |
| Price : | 33 € |
| Maximum bid : | 35 € |
| End of the sale : | 09 March 2015 16:10:00 |
| bidders : | 9 bidders |
Type : Demi-tetarteron
Date: 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan quadrangulaire,légèrement ovale et irrégulier. Jolie représentation du Christ au droit. Le revers est bien venu à la frappe. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ avec le nimbe crucigère debout de face sur un piédestal, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Jean II couronné, debout de face, vêtu du loros et du divitision, tenant le globe crucigère de la main droite et un long sceptre cruciforme de la main droite.
Reverse legend : [Iw D-ES[POT]
Reverse translation : (Jean despote né dans la pourpre).
Commentary
Exemplaire de style fin.
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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