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E-auction 161-98293 - bby_387467 - JOHN I TZIMISKES Follis

JOHN I TZIMISKES Follis XF
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Estimate : 150 €
Price : 67 €
Maximum bid : 113 €
End of the sale : 16 May 2016 15:22:30
bidders : 7 bidders
Type : Follis
Date: c. 969-976
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : copper
Diameter : 32 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 14,16 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan très large et épais, bien centré des deux côtés à l’usure régulière. Beau portrait du Christ. Épigraphie élégante au revers. Patine noire

Obverse


Obverse legend : + [EMMA - NOVHA]/ IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ Antiphonetes debout de face, avec le globe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, bénissant de la main droite et tenant les Évangiles de la gauche.
Obverse translation : (Dieu avec nous).

Reverse


Reverse legend : + IHSYS/ XRISTYS /BASILEU/ BASILE'.
Reverse description : Légende en quatre lignes.
Reverse translation : (Jésus Christ roi des rois).

Commentary


Poids lourd. Follis anonyme (classe A). Trace de surfrappe légère. Les bras de la croix sont ornés de croisettes cantonnées de deux globules.
Heavyweight. Anonymous Follis (class A). Trace of light over-striking. The arms of the cross are decorated with crosslets flanked by two globules.

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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