bby_943204 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Follis
160.00 €(Approx. 166.40$ | 132.80£)
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Type : Follis
Date: c. 1071-1078
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 7,37 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Beau portrait du Christ. Joli revers. Belle patine verte
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste nimbé du Christ de face, vêtu du pallium et du colobium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche ; de chaque côté, une étoile à six rais.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : MIX- AHA - RACIA O.
Reverse description : Buste couronné avec pendilia de Michel VII, vêtu du loros, tenant le labarum croisété de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : D
Commentary
Poids léger.
Historical background
MICHAEL VII DUKAS
(24/10/1071-24/03/1078)
Michael succeeded Roman IV when the latter, liberated by the Turks and returning to Constantinople, was blinded and died of his wound. Part of Asia Minor was lost, Sicily was invaded by the Normans and a sedition broke out in the Balkans. Michael was overthrown by a plot in 1078. Deposed, he retired to a monastery.
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