Live auction - bby_839036 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Hyperpère
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| Estimate : | 900 € |
| Price : | 670 € |
| Maximum bid : | 705 € |
| End of the sale : | 05 September 2023 15:26:54 |
| bidders : | 3 bidders |
Type : Hyperpère
Date: 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Millesimal fineness : 833 ‰
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large, centré des deux côtés. Revers finement détaillé. Quelques faiblesses au droit. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ avec le nimbe crucigère trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche ; double grènetis.
Reverse
Reverse description : Bustes à mi-corps de Jean II et La Vierge Marie de face tenant ensemble la croix patriarcale ; Jean est couronné et est vêtu du loros et tient l’akakia ; il est couronné par la main de Dieu ; la Vierge est vêtue du pallium et du maphorium ; double grènetis.
Reverse legend : QU-MR/ Iw DESPOTH
Reverse translation : (La mère de Dieu/ Jean despote).
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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