bby_218906 - MANUEL I KOMNENOS Demi-tetarteron
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Price : 15.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2010)
Price : 15.00 €
Type : Demi-tetarteron
Date: c. 1150
Mint name / Town : Provincial mint
Metal : copper
Diameter : 21 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,40 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan quadrangulaire à l’usure très importante, mais identifiable. Patine vert foncé et sable
Obverse
Obverse legend : LÉGENDE ILLISIBLE.
Obverse description : Buste de saint Georges nimbé , vêtu de la cuirasse, de la tunique et du sagion, tenant une lance de la main droite et un bouclier de la main gauche.
Obverse translation : (Saint Georges).
Reverse
Reverse legend : LÉGENDE ILLISIBLE.
Reverse description : Buste couronné de Manuel Ier à mi-corps debout de face, vêtu du loros, tenant le labarum de la main droite et le globe crucigère de la main gauche.
Reverse translation : (Manuel despote).
Commentary
Une des plus petites dénominations fabriquées pour l’empire byzantin tardif.
One of the smallest denominations made for the late Byzantine Empire
One of the smallest denominations made for the late Byzantine Empire
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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