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Nicephorus Melissenus, usurper, PB Seal. AD 1080-1081. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing on square-backed throne; [IC]-XC across fields / ⧾ NIKHΦOP,AV[T],K,T OP PѠMЄѠNѠ[MЄΛ]ICHNѠC(sic), Nicephorus standing facing on circular dais, bearded, wearing loros, crown with pendilia, holding labarum and globus cruciger. BLS I 99 (minor legend variant). 20.54g, 32mm, 12h.
Condition as seen; double-struck.
Although a usurper, taking power in Asia Minor and proclaiming himself emperor at Nicaea having defeated a loyalist army under the eunuch John, Nicephorus Melissenus was also a unifying force who conceded to his brother in law Alexius I Comnenus full power as emperor, agreeing instead to take the title of Caesar and power in the second city of the empire, Thessalonica.
Condition as seen; double-struck.
Although a usurper, taking power in Asia Minor and proclaiming himself emperor at Nicaea having defeated a loyalist army under the eunuch John, Nicephorus Melissenus was also a unifying force who conceded to his brother in law Alexius I Comnenus full power as emperor, agreeing instead to take the title of Caesar and power in the second city of the empire, Thessalonica.