bby_571501 - CONSTANTINE IX MONOMACHOS Histamenon nomisma
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Price : 550.00 €
Type : Histamenon nomisma
Date: c. 1050
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : gold
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan large, centré. Joli buste, bien détaillé. 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 de Constantin IX de face, vêtu du loros, tenant le labarum de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la gauche ; triple grènetis.
Reverse translation : (Constantin roi des Romains).
Commentary
Scyphate. Le labarum est orné de cinq globules posés en carré et centré et surmonté de trois globules posés en triangle.
Scyphate. The labarum is decorated with five globules placed in a square and centered and surmounted by three globules placed in a triangle
Scyphate. The labarum is decorated with five globules placed in a square and centered and surmounted by three globules placed in a triangle
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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