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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 2 000 € |
| Maximum bid : | 2 000 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:20:17 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: 969-976
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,33 g.
Rarity : R3
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie sur un flan bien centré des deux côtés, quasi TTB+. Jolis bustes. Fine usure régulière. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XPS REX - REGNANTIYM.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, portant le nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, la main droite bénissante et tenant de la main gauche les Évangiles.
Obverse translation : (Jésus-Christ roi des rois).
Reverse
Reverse description : Bustes vus à mi-corps de la Vierge à droite qui couronne Jean Ier à gauche ; la Vierge est nimbée et vêtue de la stola et du maphorium, Nicéphore II est couronné avec pendilia bouletés, vêtu du loros ; Jean tient un globe surmonté d’un trèfle et est couronné par la main de Dieu sortant du ciel ; entre les deux, une crois.
Reverse legend : MQ/ QEOTOS - bOHQ. Iw dES.
Reverse translation : (La Mère de Dieu/ Jean despote).
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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