Live auction - bby_831083 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Tetarteron nomisma
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| Estimate : | 2 200 € |
| Price : | 1 250 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 250 € |
| End of the sale : | 06 June 2023 16:28:41 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Tetarteron nomisma
Date: c. 1071
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,04 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au droit. Superbe buste de la Vierge, finement détaillé. Très joli revers. Patine de collection
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant de la collection P. G
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de la Vierge nimbée de face et tenant devant elle un médaillon à la tête nimbée de l’enfant Jésus.
Obverse legend : + QKE - ROHQ // (MR)|QE.
Obverse translation : (La mère de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse description : Bustes de face de Michel VII et Maria, tenant entre eux une longue croix dont la haste est ornée d’une croisette.
Reverse legend : + MIXAHL S MARIA.
Reverse translation : (Michel et Maria).
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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