Live auction - bby_722644 - MICHAEL VII DUKAS Tetarteron nomisma
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| Estimate : | 1 500 € |
| Price : | 1 650 € |
| Maximum bid : | 1 751 € |
| End of the sale : | 08 March 2022 15:37:45 |
| bidders : | 4 bidders |
Type : Tetarteron nomisma
Date: c. 1071
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 19 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,00 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Bel exemplaire, centré des deux côtés. Très jolie représentation de la Vierge. Revers agréable. Patine de collection avec de légers reflets bleutés
Obverse
Obverse description : Buste de la Vierge 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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