E-auction 85-43250 - bby_325861 - ALEXIUS I COMNENUS Follis
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| Estimate : | 150 € |
| Price : | 55 € |
| Maximum bid : | 55 € |
| End of the sale : | 01 December 2014 16:22:00 |
| bidders : | 7 bidders |
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1080-1085
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,32 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan extrêment large, parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Beau buste du Christ. Revers finement détaillé. Belle patine vert foncé
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste nimbé du Christ de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant un volumen de la main gauche ; de chaque côté, un croissant.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).
Reverse
Reverse legend : ANÉPIGRAPHE.
Reverse description : Croix accostée de globules posée sur un croissant.
Commentary
Follis anonyme. Poids extrêmement léger. Ce type de follis était attribué aux Croisades. Il faut le restituer à Alexis Ier Comnène. Ce type est parfois surfrappé sur des folles de Nicéphore III Botoniates (1078-1081) (BC. 1888). les bras de la croix sont ornés de cinq globules posés en carré centré, surmontés de chaque côté d’un croissant.
Anonymous follis. Extremely light weight. This type of follis was attributed to the Crusades. It must be returned to Alexis I Komnenos. This type is sometimes over-struck on folles of Nicephorus III Botoniates (1078-1081) (BC. 1888). The arms of the cross are decorated with five globules placed in a centered square, surmounted on each side by a crescent
Anonymous follis. Extremely light weight. This type of follis was attributed to the Crusades. It must be returned to Alexis I Komnenos. This type is sometimes over-struck on folles of Nicephorus III Botoniates (1078-1081) (BC. 1888). The arms of the cross are decorated with five globules placed in a centered square, surmounted on each side by a crescent
Historical background
ALEXIUS I COMNENUS
(4/04/1081-15/08/1118)
Alexis I is the ancestor of a dynasty that would reign over Constantinople until 1204, when it was taken by the Crusaders. On a monetary level, Alexis reformed the gold coinage and created a new species, the hyperfather, a new solidus of 20 carats fine. Alexis I had to fight against the Normans. He tried to treat with the Italian republics, Pisa and Venice. At the end of his reign, he watched in despair as the Crusaders captured Jerusalem. Far from bringing together the Christians, separated by the Great Schism of 1054, this new intervention was to be the source of many conflicts between Byzantines and Crusaders..
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