bby_614801 - MICHAEL VIII PALAIOLOGOS Hyperpère
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Price : 750.00 €
Type : Hyperpère
Date: c. 1261-1282
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 23,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,09 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan quadrangulaire, centré. Quelques faiblesses mais très bel exemplaire pour ce type ! Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : La Vierge rayonnante de face ; autour, les murailles de Constantinople avec six tours.
Reverse
Reverse legend : IC - XC.
Reverse description : Michel VIII Paléologue couronné (avec pendilia) vêtu du loros agenouillé devant saint Michel et face au Christ nimbé ; au milieu, une étoile.
Reverse legend : C/M/ D/ES/PO/T/
Historical background
MICHAEL VIII PALAIOLOGOS
(15/081261 - 11/12/1282)
Michael was first regent for John IV at Nicaea in 1258 before being crowned co-emperor. On July 25, 1261, Constantinople was recaptured by the Byzantines and Baldwin II had to flee. Michel made a triumphal entry into the reconquered city and was enthroned at Sainte-Sophie. After twenty years of reign, Michael VIII was overthrown by a palace plot in April 1282 and died soon after. His son Andronicus II succeeded him.
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