bby_331386 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Follis
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Price : 125.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2019)
Price : 125.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1071-1078
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,92 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan ovale à l’usure régulière. Patin vert foncé
Catalogue references :
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.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix patriarcale bouletée avec deux ornements floraux.
Commentary
Poids léger. Follis anonyme (classe H). Trace de surfrappe au droit.
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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