Live auction - bby_831195 - JEAN VIII PALAIOLOGOS / PALAEOLOGUS Demi-hyperpère
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 160 € |
| Maximum bid : | 165 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:35:32 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Demi-hyperpère
Date: 1423-1448
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 6,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée à l’usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ stylisé nimbé vu de face ; double grènetis pointé.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste de Saint-Jean entouré d’une double légende circulaire et d’un grènetis perlé.
Reverse legend : IwANHS DESPOTIS O PALEOLOGOS/ Qu CARIT AUTOKRATOR.
Reverse translation : (Jean desposte le Paléologue par la grâce de notre Seigneur roi des Romains).
Commentary
Le demi-hyperpère d’argent porte aussi le nom de Stavraton.
Historical background
JEAN VIII PALAIOLOGOS / PALAEOLOGUS
(01/10/1421-10/31/1448)
John VIII, is the eldest son of Manuel II (1391-1423). Associated with the throne from 1421, he succeeded his father two years later, the latter retired to a monastery. All that remained of the Byzantine Empire was the city of Constantinople. He tried to get closer to the West and made several trips to Italy in order to get help to save the second Rome. In 1439, in the cathedral of Florence, the union of the two Churches, Roman and Greek, was pronounced. The Byzantines refused to be subordinate to Rome. When John VIII died in 1448, his brother, Constantine XI succeeded him. There were only five years left before the city fell into the hands of the Turks.
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