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bby_879345 - JOHN I TZIMISKES Follis

JOHN I TZIMISKES Follis XF
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 969-976
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 11,62 g.
Coments on the condition:
Flan épais, légèrement décentré. Joli buste du Christ. Usure régulière. Patine marron

Obverse


Obverse legend : + EMMA - NOVHA/ IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + IHSYS/ XRISTYS /BASILEU/ BASILE'.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).

Commentary


Follis anonyme (classe A).

Historical background


JOHN I TZIMISKES

(12/11/969-01/10/976)

John I succeeded Nicephorus II Phocas who had been assassinated at the instigation of John and Theophano, the second wife of Nicephorus. John, a great general, triumphed over the Bulgarians in 971. He began a brilliant campaign in Palestine, but died of typhoid.

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