bby_621574 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Histamenon nomisma
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Price : 580.00 €
Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: c. 1071
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 29,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 4,35 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré des deux côtés. Très joli buste du Christ. Quelques faiblesses. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, la tête coiffée d’un 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 legend : + MIX-AHA - RACIA O.
Reverse description : Buste de Michel VII de face barbu, couronné avec les pendilia, vêtu du loros, tenant de la main droite le labarum bouleté et de la gauche un globe crucigère.
Reverse translation : (Michel roi).
Commentary
Flan scyphate (concave).
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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