Live auction - bby_835202 - ISAAC II ANGELUS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
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| Starting price : | 800 € |
| Estimate : | 1 200 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 22 July 2025 15:49:57 |
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: 1185-1195
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : electrum
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,23 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Superbe exemplaire sur un flan large et fissuré à 5h. Magnifique revers, finement détaillé. Patine de collection
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse description : La Vierge trônant de face, nimbée, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, tenant devant elle la tête nimbée de face de l’enfant Jésus.
Obverse legend : MR - QU
Obverse translation : (La mère de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste couronné d’Isaac II debout de face à mi-corps, vêtu du loros, tenant un sceptre cruciforme de la main droite et l’akakia de la main gauche béni par l’archange saint Michlel nimbé, vêtu militairement, tenant un sceptre de la main gauche, bénissant Isaac II de la main droite.
Reverse legend : ISAAKIOS - DES/ Q Mi
Reverse translation : (Isaac despote/ dieu saint Michel).
Commentary
Exemplaire en élecrtrum pâle. Très belle représentation de saint Michel au revers associée à Isaac II. Trois globules dans l’ourlet du cou.
Pale electrified example. Very fine representation of Saint Michael on the reverse associated with Isaac II. Three globules in the hem of the neck
Pale electrified example. Very fine representation of Saint Michael on the reverse associated with Isaac II. Three globules in the hem of the neck
Historical background
ISAAC II ANGELUS
(09/12/1185 - 04/8/1195)
Isaac is a female descendant of Alexis I Comnenus. After the assassination of Andronicus I Comnenus after the capture of Thessalonica in 1185, Isaac II inherited a decaying Empire. Caught between Bulgarian power and the expansionist aims of the Crusaders, he was finally deposed and blinded by his older brother Alexis III Ange-Comnenus. Eight years later, after the capture of Constantinople by the Venetians, Isaac II regained the throne associated with Alexis IV Ange, his son. They were finally both assassinated by the populace on January 28, 1204. On April 12, 1204, the Crusaders took Constantinople, ransacked and looted the city.
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