E-auction 163-99799 - bby_365947 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Demi-tetarteron
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| Estimate : | 195 € |
| Price : | 158 € |
| Maximum bid : | 160 € |
| End of the sale : | 30 May 2016 15:17:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Demi-tetarteron
Date: c. 1150
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 16,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,55 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire de qualité exceptionnelle pour ce type de monnayage sur un petit parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait du Christ. Revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste juvénile du Christ imberbe, coiffé du nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse description : Manuel Ier debout de face, vêtu du loros, tenant le sceptre cruciforme de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : MANUHA - DESPOTH
Reverse translation : (Manuel despote).
Commentary
Une des plus petites dénominations fabriquées pour l’empire byzantin tardif. État de conservation exceptionnel pour ce type.
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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