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Coins of the Byzantine Empire of Thessalonica

Empire of Thessalonica is used by modern scholars to refer to the short-lived Byzantine Greek state centered on the city of Thessalonica between 1224 and 1246. At the time of its establishment, the Empire of Thessalonica, under the capable Theodore Komnenos Doukas, rivaled the Empire of Nicaea and the Second Bulgarian Empire as the strongest state in the region, and aspired to capturing Constantinople, putting an end to the Latin Empire, and restoring the Byzantine Empire that had been extinguished in 1204. Thessalonica's ascendancy was brief. In 1230, at disastrous Battle of Klokotnitsa against Bulgaria, Theodore Komnenos Doukas was captured. Reduced to a Bulgarian vassal, Theodore's brother and successor, Manuel Komnenos Doukas, was unable to prevent the loss of most of his brother's conquests in Macedonia and Thrace, while the original nucleus of the state, Epirus, broke free under Michael II Komnenos Doukas. Theodore recovered Thessalonica in 1237, installing his son John Komnenos Doukas, and after him Demetrios Angelos Doukas, as rulers of the city, while Manuel, with Nicaean support, seized Thessaly. The rulers of Thessalonica bore the imperial title from 1225 until 1242, when they were forced to renounce it and recognize the suzerainty of the rival Empire of Nicaea. The Komnenodoukai continued to rule as Despots of Thessalonica for four more years after that, but in 1246 the city was annexed by Nicaea. Empire of Thessalonica

Empire of Thessalonica, Thedore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224 - 1230

|Theodore| |Comnenus-Ducas|, |Empire| |of| |Thessalonica,| |Thedore| |Comnenus-Ducas,| |1224| |-| |1230||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
None of the referenced examples have a similar blundered obverse inscription. It should read IC XC O EMMANVOHΛ (or similar) in two columnar groups flanking Christ.BZ63958. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, Large module, type A; DOC IV 4; Hendy p. 269 and pl. 37, 7 -9; SBCV 2161; Lianta -, aEF, scyphate, typical unaligned second strike, weight 4.973 g, maximum diameter 31.5 mm, die axis 150o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, c. 1224 - 1225; obverse IC - [XC] / VN/IN/Λ - [...] (retrograde, blundered), nimbate facing bust of Christ Emmanuel, holding scroll; reverse ΘEOΔOPC - [...] (or similar), Theodore on left stands facing holding scroll, St. Demetrius on right stands facing holding sword over shoulder, both hold between them long staff surmounted by cross within circle above triangle; rare; SOLD


Empire of Thessalonica, Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, 1224 - 1230 A.D.

|Theodore| |Comnenus-Ducas|, |Empire| |of| |Thessalonica,| |Theodore| |Comnenus-Ducas,| |1224| |-| |1230| |A.D.||trachy|
In Hebrew, Michael means "who is like God." Archangel Michael is mentioned three times in the Book of Daniel, once as a "great prince who stands up for the children of your people." The idea that Michael was the advocate of the Jews became so prevalent that in spite of the rabbinical prohibition against appealing to angels as intermediaries between God and his people, Michael came to occupy a certain place in the Jewish liturgy. In the Book of Revelation, Michael leads God's armies and defeats Satan's forces. Christian sanctuaries to Michael appeared in the 4th century, when he was first seen as a healing angel, and then over time as a protector and the leader of the army of God against the forces of evil. By the 6th century, devotions to Archangel Michael were widespread both in the Eastern and Western Churches.SH11451. Bronze trachy, SBCV 2165, DOC IV 7, gVF+, scyphate, weight 3.036 g, maximum diameter 30.5 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, 1224 - 1230; obverse IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ), Christ enthroned facing, raising right; reverse Emperor and Archangel Michael, standing facing and holding castle with three towers, Manus Dei above; uncleaned, mint-fresh red copper in recessed areas on reverse; rare; SOLD








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