bby_696026 - MICHAEL VIII PALAIOLOGOS Trachy
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Type : Trachy
Date: c. 1275-1282
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,83 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan rectangulaire, court, centré. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Obverse description : Buste de la Vierge nimbée debout de face, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, priant les mains écartées.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE INVISIBLE.
Reverse description : Michel VIII Paléologue et Andronicus debout de face, couronné (avec pendilia) vêtu du loros et du divitision, tenant de la main droite le sceptre cruciforme ; entre eux le labarum.
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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