bby_218964 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Demi-tetarteron
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 65.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 65.00 €
Type : Demi-tetarteron
Date: 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Thessalonica
Metal : copper
Diameter : 15,5 mm
Orientation dies : 5 h.
Weight : 1,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan quadrangulaire en forme de losange. Beaux bustes avec une usure importante, mais parfaitement lisible et identifiable. Patine noire
Obverse
Obverse legend : DH/MH - T/ PI.
Obverse description : Buste de face de saint Démétrius nimbé, vêtu militairement, tenant une épée de la main droite.
Obverse translation : (Démétrius).
Reverse
Reverse description : Jean II couronné, debout de face, vêtu du loros, tenant le globe crucigère de la main gauche et le labarum de la main droite .
Reverse legend : Iw D-ES-
Reverse translation : (Jean despote).
Commentary
Poids très léger. Exemplaire de style fin. Au revers, le labarum est accosté de quatre globules.
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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