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bby_589746 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)

MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate) VF/VF
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Price : 75.00 €
Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1143-1180
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : billon
Diameter : 30 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,10 g.
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan large
Catalogue references :

Obverse


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

Reverse


Reverse description : Manuel Ier couronné par la Vierge Marie debout de face ; Manuel Ier est couronné, vêtu du divitision et du loros, tenant l’akakia de la main gauche et le labarum de la main droite ; la Vierge est nimbée voilée, vêtue de pallium et du maphorium orné ; elle couronne de la main droite, Manuel et bénit de la main gauche.
Reverse legend : [MANuHA - DESPOTH/ MR/ QU]
Reverse translation : (Manuel desposte/ la mère de Dieu).

Commentary


Poids très léger. Au revers, le vêtement de Manuel Ier est richement décoré. Cinq globules au cou. Le plastron est orné de quatre globules, pointé d’un carré en cœur. Le divitision est orné de cinq globules. Le globe crucigère est surmonté d’une croix.
Very light weight. On the reverse, Manuel I's clothing is richly decorated. Five globules on the neck. The plastron is decorated with four globules, pointed with a heart-shaped square. The division is decorated with five globules. The cruciger globe is surmounted by a cross

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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