Live auction - bby_1131500 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Aspron trachy (scyphate)
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Live starting : Type : Aspron trachy (scyphate)
Date: c. 1143-1180
Mint name / Town : Constantinople
Metal : billon
Diameter : 28,5 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 3,69 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Monnaie centrée. Droit agréable. Usure plus marquée au revers. Patine grise
Obverse
Obverse description : La Vierge nimbé assise de face sur un siège, vêtue du pallium et du maphorium, tenant des deux mains un nimbe orné de la tête de l’enfant Jésus.
Obverse legend : MR - QU
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] - DESPOT
Reverse translation : (Manuel despote).
Commentary
Poids léger. Au revers, le vêtement de Manuel Ier est richement décoré. Le divitision est orné de huit globules. Le globe crucigère est surmonté de la croix patriarcale. Le labarum est pointé en cœur.
Lightweight. On the reverse, Manuel I's clothing is richly decorated. The division is decorated with eight globules. The cruciger globe is surmounted by the patriarchal cross. The labarum is pointed at the heart
Lightweight. On the reverse, Manuel I's clothing is richly decorated. The division is decorated with eight globules. The cruciger globe is surmounted by the patriarchal cross. The labarum is pointed at the heart
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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