bby_589755 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
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Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2020)
Price : 150.00 €
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : billon
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 5,04 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire à l’usure importante, lisible et identifiable
Obverse
Obverse description : La Vierge trônant de face nimbée, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, tenant u buste de l’enfant Jésus.
Obverse legend : MR - QU
Obverse translation : (La mère de Dieu).
Reverse
Reverse description : Buste de Jean II barbu, couronné avec pendilia, vêtu du loros de face, tenant la croix patriarcale de la main droite et le l’akakia de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : [Iw/ DES/PO]
Reverse translation : (Jean despote).
Commentary
Poids lourd. Vêtement richement décoré. Pendilia aux extrémités bouletées. Trois globules au cou. Quatre globules au plastron posé en carré, pointé en cœur et cinq globules au divitision.
Heavyweight. Richly decorated garment. Pendilia with rounded ends. Three globules at the neck. Four globules on the breastplate laid in a square, pointed in a heart, and five globules at the division.
Heavyweight. Richly decorated garment. Pendilia with rounded ends. Three globules at the neck. Four globules on the breastplate laid in a square, pointed in a heart, and five globules at the division.
Historical background
JOHN II KOMNENOS
(15/08/1118 - 8/041143)
Jean II, eldest son of Alexis Comnenus succeeded him on the throne of Byzantium on August 15, 1118 despite the opposition of his sister Anne. His reign marks a return of the empire to the international scene. Antioch was taken over while John II's Balkan policy allowed him to win diplomatically over the Serbs. He allied himself with the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in order to counterbalance the growing power of the Normans in southern Italy and Sicily. Domestically, he tried to reduce the commercial advantages of the Venetians granted by his father, Alexios. After twenty five years of reign, he died in a hunting accident.
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