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bby_226602 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Demi-tetarteron

JOHN II KOMNENOS Demi-tetarteron VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Demi-tetarteron
Date: 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 17,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,78 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan quadrangulaire complet des deux côtés. Jolie représentation du Christ au droit. Au revers, frappe un peu molle sur la légende. Patine noire
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.67  - R.-  - Do.-  - BN/B.6  - BC.1954

Obverse

Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ avec le nimbe crucigère debout de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).

Reverse

Reverse description : Buste de Jean II couronné, debout de face, vêtu du loros et du divitision, tenant le globe crucigère de la main gauche et le labarum de la main droite.
Reverse legend : Iw DESPOT .
Reverse translation : (Jean despote).

Commentary

Poids léger. Exemplaire de style fin.

Historical background

JOHN II KOMNENOS

(15/08/1118 - 8/041143)

Jean II, eldest son of Alexis Comnenus succeeded him on the throne of Byzantium on August 15, 1118 despite the opposition of his sister Anne. His reign marks a return of the empire to the international scene. Antioch was taken over while John II's Balkan policy allowed him to win diplomatically over the Serbs. He allied himself with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in order to counterbalance the growing power of the Normans in southern Italy and Sicily. Domestically, he tried to reduce the commercial advantages of the Venetians granted by his father, Alexios. After twenty five years of reign, he died in a hunting accident.

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