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Andronicus I Comnenus (AD 1183-1185). AV hyperpyron (28mm, 4.06 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, crimped. Constantinople. Full-length figure of the Virgin seated facing on throne, holding nimbate head of infant Christ on lap; barred MHP-ΘV across fields / ANΔPONIKOC-ΔЄCΠOTHC, figures of Andronicus I (on left) and Christ (on right) standing facing, the former wearing crown with pendilia and loros with six pellets on sleeve, labarum in right hand, globus cruciger in left, and being crowned by the latter, wearing nimbus cruciger and colobium, book of Gospels cradled on left arm; barred IC between, barred XC to right. Sear 1983. DOC IV, Part 1, 1. Rare! Exceptionally attractive with deep orange toning.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 51 (15 September 1999), lot 1755.
A cousin of Manuel I Comnenus, Andronicus had led the life of a poor, itinerant adventurer before seizing the throne from the legitimate heirs of Manuel, riding on a wave of anti-Latin sentiment. An early sort of communist revolutionary, he promised to protect and enrich the peasantry by seizing and redistributing the wealth of the landed aristocrats. Predictably, it all went spectacularly awry. The ruling aristocracy refused to participate in his government, leaving the armies leaderless. With the frontiers undefended, invasions came from Hungary and the German Empire of Frederick Barbarossa, who brutally sacked Thessalonica. The mob that had raised Andronicus to power turned on him and tore him to shreds, bringing the illustrious Comnenan dynasty to a tawdry end.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
Andronicus I Comnenus (AD 1183-1185). AV hyperpyron (28mm, 4.06 gm, 6h). NGC MS 5/5 - 3/5, crimped. Constantinople. Full-length figure of the Virgin seated facing on throne, holding nimbate head of infant Christ on lap; barred MHP-ΘV across fields / ANΔPONIKOC-ΔЄCΠOTHC, figures of Andronicus I (on left) and Christ (on right) standing facing, the former wearing crown with pendilia and loros with six pellets on sleeve, labarum in right hand, globus cruciger in left, and being crowned by the latter, wearing nimbus cruciger and colobium, book of Gospels cradled on left arm; barred IC between, barred XC to right. Sear 1983. DOC IV, Part 1, 1. Rare! Exceptionally attractive with deep orange toning.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 51 (15 September 1999), lot 1755.
A cousin of Manuel I Comnenus, Andronicus had led the life of a poor, itinerant adventurer before seizing the throne from the legitimate heirs of Manuel, riding on a wave of anti-Latin sentiment. An early sort of communist revolutionary, he promised to protect and enrich the peasantry by seizing and redistributing the wealth of the landed aristocrats. Predictably, it all went spectacularly awry. The ruling aristocracy refused to participate in his government, leaving the armies leaderless. With the frontiers undefended, invasions came from Hungary and the German Empire of Frederick Barbarossa, who brutally sacked Thessalonica. The mob that had raised Andronicus to power turned on him and tore him to shreds, bringing the illustrious Comnenan dynasty to a tawdry end.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD