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bby_343717 - NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS Tetarteron

NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS Tetarteron AU
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 145.00 €
Type : Tetarteron
Date: c. 1222-1254
Mint name / Town : Magnésie
Metal : copper
Diameter : 18 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Weight : 1,68 g.
Rarity : R2
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un petit flan ovale et irrégulier bien centré des deux côtés. Très beau buste de saint Georges. Joli revers de haut relief. Magnifique patine marron foncé
Catalogue references :
BMC/B.-  - R.-  - Do.59  - BN/B.-  - BC.2117  - DMBR.70 /17 (200€)

Obverse

Obverse description : Croix grecque dans un grènetis globulé formé d’un demi-monde.

Reverse

Reverse description : Jean III couronné, vêtu du divitision, du loros et du sagion, tenant de la main gauche le globe crucigère avec la croix patriarcale et de la main droite, le labarum.
Reverse legend : Iw/ DES/PO - D/O/U/KA/S.
Reverse translation : (Jean despote Ducas).

Commentary

Poids très léger. C’est bien saint Georges qui est représenté au droit.

Historical background

NICAEAN EMPIRE - JOHN III DUCAS

(1222-3/11/1254)

Jean III Ducas Vatatzès or Jean I of Nicaea is the son-in-law of Théodore Lascaris, the founder of the dynasty. He continued the work of his predecessor and was one of the greatest rulers in Byzantine history. He succeeded in containing his competitors: the Emperor of Thessaloniki, the Tsar of the Bulgarians (Asên II) and the Latin Empire whose life was already dependent on the disunity between its enemies. Spared in extremis by the Mongol deluge, Nicaea took advantage of the weakening of its neighbors. Despite the wars, John III raised the economy of the country and Nicaea experienced a well-being such as the Byzantine Empire had not had for a long time..

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