Live auction - bby_716452 - JOHN I TZIMISKES Miliaresion
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| Estimate : | 200 € |
| Price : | 100 € |
| Maximum bid : | 160 € |
| End of the sale : | 25 January 2022 15:54:04 |
| bidders : | 1 bidder |
Type : Miliaresion
Date: c. 970
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 23 mm
Orientation dies : 11 h.
Weight : 2,47 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie légèrement décentrée au revers. Joli buste. Usure régulière. Patine grise
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : + IHSYS XRISTYS NICA*/.
Obverse description : Croix croisetée posée sur deux degrés ; au centre un médaillon contenant un buste de Jean Ier, couronné et vêtu du loros ; le tout dans un triple grènetis perlé et bouleté.
Obverse legend : I/w-A/N)
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ victorieux/ Jean).
Reverse
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes entre deux croisettes formées de cinq globules ; le tout dans un triple grènetis perlé et bouleté.
Reverse legend : IwANN/ EN Cw AUTO/ ENAT EUSEB/ BASILEUS/ RwMAIwN
Reverse translation : (Jean pieux par la grâce de Dieu pieux rois des Romains).
Historical background
JOHN I TZIMISKES
(12/11/969-01/10/976)
John I succeeded Nicephorus II Phocas who had been assassinated at the instigation of John and Theophano, the second wife of Nicephorus. John, a great general, triumphed over the Bulgarians in 971. He began a brilliant campaign in Palestine, but died of typhoid.
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