bby_1063201 - ISAAC II ANGELUS Tetarteron
80.00 €(Approx. 92.80$ | 69.60£)
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Type : Tetarteron
Date: 1185-1195
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 4,00 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan légèrement décentré. Patine vert foncé
Obverse
Obverse legend : O/X/AP - X/ MI.
Obverse description : Buste de face de l’archange saint Michel à mi-corps imberbe, nimbé et ailé, vêtu du loros, tenant un sceptre de la main droite.
Obverse translation : (Archange saint Michel).
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.
Reverse legend : I/CA/AKI - D/ES/PO/TH
Reverse translation : (Isaac despote).
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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