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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Byzantine Coins| ▸ |Comnen Dynasty| ▸ |Michael VII||View Options:  |  |  | 

Michael VII Ducas, 24 October 1071 - 24 March 1078 A.D.

Michael's reign was a period of disasters and territorial losses. Unable to face these challenges, Michael VII abdicated and lived as a monk for the last 12 years of his life.

|Michael| |VII|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Michael| |VII| |Ducas,| |24| |October| |1071| |-| |24| |March| |1078| |A.D.||histamenon| |nomisma|
Michael's reign was a period of disasters and territorial losses. Unable to face these challenges, Michael VII abdicated and lived as a monk for the last 12 years of his life.
SH51594. Electrum histamenon nomisma, Morrisson BnF 55/Cp/AV/6; Sommer 55.2.2; DOC III-2 2d; Wroth BMC 10; Ratto 2033; SBCV 1868, aVF, scyphate, interesting graffiti encircling obverse and reverse, weight 4.326 g, maximum diameter 29.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 24 Oct 1071 - 24 Mar 1078 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing, wears tunic, himation, & nimbus cruciger, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking shoulders; reverse + MIXAHΛ RACIΛ O Δ, bearded bust facing, wears loros with seven jewels on collar and crown with pendilia, labarum in right hand with pellet on shaft, globus cruciger in left hand; SOLD


|Michael| |VII|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Michael| |VII| |Ducas,| |24| |October| |1071| |-| |24| |March| |1078| |A.D.||histamenon| |nomisma|
The references list many slight variations for this type (legend variations, different ornamentation on the nimbus, gospels and labarum, a pellet or no pellet on the labarum shaft, the number of pearls on the emperor's collar, etc.). Some of these details may have had meaning as secret control marks, but some were probably the unimportant whims of the die engraver.
SH17278. Electrum histamenon nomisma, Morrisson BnF 55/Cp/AV/01 var. (8 jewels on collar); Sommer 55.2.3; DOC III-2 2a; Wroth BMC 3; Ratto 2032; SBCV 1868, Choice EF, scyphate, weight 4.440 g, maximum diameter 26.5 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 24 Oct 1071 - 24 Mar 1078 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing, wears tunic, himation, & nimbus cruciger, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking; reverse + MIXAHΛ RACIΛ O Δ, bearded bust facing, wears loros with seven jewels on the collar and crown with pendilia, labarum in right, globus cruciger in left; SOLD


|Michael| |VII|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Michael| |VII| |Ducas,| |24| |October| |1071| |-| |24| |March| |1078| |A.D.||histamenon| |nomisma|
SH51673. Electrum histamenon nomisma, DOC II-2 1; SBCV 1869, EF, scyphate, weight 4.344 g, maximum diameter 31.6 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 1071 - 1078; obverse nimbate Christ seated facing on high backed throne, Gospels in left hand, five pellets on the cover, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking throne; reverse + MIXAHΛ RACIΛE, bearded bust facing, wears loros & crown with pendilia, labarum in right, globus cruciger in left; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Romanus IV Diogenes, 1 January 1068 - 19 Aug 1071

|Romanus| |IV|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Romanus| |IV| |Diogenes,| |1| |January| |1068| |-| |19| |Aug| |1071||histamenon| |nomisma|
Due to their distinctive iconography, these histamenon were nicknamed "six-headers" in their day.
SH70956. Gold histamenon nomisma, Sommer 54.2.3 (also clipped); DOC III-2 2; Ratto 2026; Morrisson BnF 4 ff.; Wroth BMC 2; SBCV 1861, gF, scyphate, clipped, weight 2.749 g, maximum diameter 21.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 1 Jan 1068 - 19 Aug 1071; obverse KWN MX ANΔ, Michael standing facing, labarum in right, akakia in left, flanked by Constantius and Andronicus, each holding globus cruciger in outer hand, akakia in inner hand, all wear sakkos and loros, all without footstools on dotted exergual band; reverse +PWMA EVΔKIA (or similar), Christ standing facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, crowning Romanus standing facing on left, and Eudocia standing facing on right, each wearing sakkos and loros and hold a globus cruciger in inner hand, , IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking above; ex Marti Hervera (Barcelona, Spain); SOLD







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