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v11_0565 - JOHN I TZIMISKES Miliaresion

JOHN I TZIMISKES Miliaresion XF
MONNAIES 11 (2002)
Starting price : 99.09 €
Estimate : 144.83 €
Realised price : 99.09 €
Number of bids : 1
Maximum bid : 118.91 €
Type : Miliaresion
Date: c. 970
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : silver
Diameter : 20 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 2,14 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Flan irrégulier. Patine foncée
Catalogue references :
Predigree :
Exemplaire provenant des doubles de la collection Delorme

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.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ victorieux).

Reverse


Reverse legend : IWANN’/ EN XW AUTO/ CRAT’ EVSEB’/ BASILEVS/ RWMAIOW’.
Reverse description : Légende en cinq lignes.

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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