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bby_222868 - JOHN II KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)

JOHN II KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate) VF
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Item sold on our e-shop (2017)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1118-1143
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : billon
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,66 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et irrégulier. Trace de double frappe au droit. Faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron avec des reflets gris
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.53  - R.-  - Do.-  - BN/B.2  - BC.1944 (250£)

Obverse

Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Buste du Christ de face, la tête coiffé d’un nimbe crucigère, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles ; double grènetis.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).

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 globe crucigère bouleté de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : Iw/ DES/PO.
Reverse translation : (Jean despote).

Commentary

Trace de double frappe sur le visage du Christ. .

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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