Live auction - bby_531615 - CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS Histamenon nomisma
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| Estimate : | 950 € |
| Price : | 570 € |
| Maximum bid : | 650 € |
| End of the sale : | 04 June 2019 15:37:24 |
| bidders : | 2 bidders |
Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: c. 1050
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 27,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,42 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Joli droit avec le visage du Christ bien visible. Joli revers bien venu à la frappe. Belle patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX - REGNANTINM.
Obverse description : Le Christ en majesté nimbé avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du colombium et du pallium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche ; triple grènetis.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des Rois).
Reverse
Reverse legend : + CWNST-ANTN - BASILEYS RM.
Reverse description : Buste couronné avec pendilia de Constantin IX de face, vêtu du loros, tenant un long sceptre cruciforme avec une volute de la main droite et le globe crucigère surmonté de la croix patriarcale de la main gauche ; triple grènetis.
Reverse translation : (Constantin roi des Romains).
Commentary
Scyphate. Ce type avec le sceptre cruciforme et le globe crucigère surmonté de la croix patriarcale semble plus rare que ne le laissent supposer les ouvrages généraux. C’est seulement la deuxième fois que nous le proposons à la vente.
Scyphate. This type with the cruciform scepter and the cruciger globe surmounted by the patriarchal cross seems rarer than general works suggest. This is only the second time we have offered it for sale.
Scyphate. This type with the cruciform scepter and the cruciger globe surmounted by the patriarchal cross seems rarer than general works suggest. This is only the second time we have offered it for sale.
Historical background
CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS
(06/12/1042-01/11/1055)
Constantine IX succeeded Michael V and brought Basil II's daughters Zoe and Theodora back to court. He married the second. Constantinople experienced an artistic renaissance under his reign to the detriment of the Treasury. It was in 1054 that the Great Schism occurred between the Church of Constantinople and that of Rome, at the origin of the birth of the Orthodox who no longer recognize the supremacy of the bishop of Rome. Constantine died in 1055. It was Theodora who succeeded him for only 7 months, the last descendant of the Macedonian dynasty.
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