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E-auction 13-3253 - bby_216538 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)

MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate) VF/XF
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Estimate : 45 €
Price : 27 €
Maximum bid : 40 €
End of the sale : 15 July 2013 15:44:00
bidders : 4 bidders
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1143-1180
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : billon
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 4,61 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large et mince, scyphate, bien centré des deux côtés. Faiblesse de frappe au droit sur la Vierge. Revers de style fin. Patine gris foncé
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse description : La Vierge nimbée, trônant de face, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, tenant dans ses bras l’enfant Jésus.
Obverse legend : MR - QU.
Obverse translation : (La mère de Dieu).

Reverse


Reverse description : Manuel Ier est couronné, vêtu du divitision et de la chlamyde, tenant le labarum de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : [MANuHA - DESPOTH].
Reverse translation : (Manuel despote).

Commentary


Au revers, le vêtement de Manuel Ier est richement décoré.

Historical background


MANUEL I KOMNENOS

(8/04/1143-24/09/1180)

The very long reign of Manuel I marks the last Byzantine burst before the fall of 1204. Impregnated with Latin culture, he had to face the second crusade (1147-1149), led by Louis VII of France who, with the help of the Normans of Roger II, attacked Byzantium. The Normans seized part of Greece (Corinth and Thebes). Louis VII had to return to France just before divorcing Eleanor of Aquitaine. Manuel was the son-in-law of Conrad III and Frederic Barbarossa was his sworn enemy. The Emperor of Germany urged the Sultan of Iconium to revolt against the Byzantines who were crushed at the battle of Myrioscephalon in 1176. After a reign of 37 years, Manuel died out in 1180, leaving Byzantium weakened, easy prey for Christians and Muslims.

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