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bby_245323 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)

MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate) VF
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Price : 40.00 €
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1143-1180
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : billon
Diameter : 29 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,12 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan irrégulier, large et mince, scyphate, bien centré des deux côtés. Faiblesse de frappe au droit sur la Vierge. Revers de style fin et de haut relief. Patine noire
Catalogue references :

Obverse


Obverse legend : IC - XC.
Obverse description : Le Christ nimbé trônant de face, vêtu du pallium et du colombium, tenant les Évangiles des deux mains.
Obverse translation : (Jésus Christ).

Reverse


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

Commentary


Poids très léger. 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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