v29_0545 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
MONNAIES 29 (2007)
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Starting price : 225.00 €
Estimate : 350.00 €
Realised price : 225.00 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 230.00 €
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: n.d.
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,88 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Sujets incomplets au revers à cause de la frappe très bombée. Flan légèrement éclaté à 2 et à 10 heures
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE DÉGÉNÉRÉE ET OBLITÉRÉE.
Reverse description : Manuel Ier et la Vierge debout de face tenant ensemble la croix patriarcale.
Commentary
Poids léger. Flan fortement scyphate. Or blanc (électrum).
Historical background
MANUEL I KOMNENOS
(8/04/1143-24/09/1180)
The very long reign of Manuel I marks the last Byzantine burst before the fall of 1204. Impregnated with Latin culture, he had to face the second crusade (1147-1149), led by Louis VII of France who, with the help of the Normans of Roger II, attacked Byzantium. The Normans seized part of Greece (Corinth and Thebes). Louis VII had to return to France just before divorcing Eleanor of Aquitaine. Manuel was the son-in-law of Conrad III and Frederic Barbarossa was his sworn enemy. The Emperor of Germany urged the Sultan of Iconium to revolt against the Byzantines who were crushed at the battle of Myrioscephalon in 1176. After a reign of 37 years, Manuel died out in 1180, leaving Byzantium weakened, easy prey for Christians and Muslims.
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