Live auction - bby_831065 - ISAAC I KOMNENOS / COMNENUS Histamenon nomisma

ISAAC I KOMNENOS / COMNENUS Histamenon nomisma MS

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Estimate :	2 000 €
Price :	1 350 €
Maximum bid :	1 750 €
End of the sale :	06 June 2023 16:26:11
bidders :	2 bidders

Type : Histamenon nomisma

Date: 1057-1059

Mint name / Town : Constantinople

Metal : gold

Diameter : 23,5 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 4,38 g.

Rarity : R2

Coments on the condition:

Monnaie sur un flan large, idéalement centré. Magnifique revers, finement détaillé. Patine de collection

Catalogue references :

BMC/B.2 - R.2007 - Do.2 - BN/B.1 - BC.1843 (550£) - RGCMW.313 (1000$) - DMBR.51 /1 (1600€)

Predigree :

Monnaie provenant de la collection P. G

Obverse

Obverse legend : + IHS XIS REX - REGNANTIHM.

Obverse description : Le Christ avec le nimbe crucigère trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la main gauche ; double grènetis.

Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).

Reverse

Reverse legend : +ICAAKIOC R-A-CIACEVC RWM.

Reverse description : Isaac barbu debout de face, couronné, vêtu militairement, tenant une épée de la main droite et son fourreau de la main gauche ; double grènetis.

Reverse translation : (Isaac roi des Romains).

Commentary

Scyphate.

Historical background

ISAAC I KOMNENOS / COMNENUS

(1/09/1057-25/12/1059)

Issac founded a new dynasty which was to rule Byzantium intermittently for two centuries. A member of the military aristocracy, he got angry with the Church and had the Patriarch of Constantinople arrested and tried. The latter died before being tried and Isaac was overthrown by the people of Constantinople. He retired to a monastery.