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Coins of the Restored Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire, Andronicus II Palaeologus and Michael IX, 21 May 1295 - 12 October 1320 A.D.

|Andronicus| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Andronicus| |II| |Palaeologus| |and| |Michael| |IX,| |21| |May| |1295| |-| |12| |October| |1320| |A.D.||assarion|NEW
Although a brave and energetic soldier, Michael IX was defeated again and again. He made peace with Bulgaria by marrying his daughter to the Bulgarian emperor. After another defeat, he retired to Thessalonica, where his premature death at age 43 was in part due to grief over the accidental murder of his younger son Manuel by retainers of his older son Andronikos III.
BZ113984. Bronze assarion, DOC V-2, pl. 390, 681 - 682; PCPC 169; SBCV 2436; B-D LPC p. 90, 37; Sommer 80.16 , gF, nice dark green patina, slightly off center on a tight flan, weight 2.083 g, maximum diameter 21.0 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 1294 - 12 Oct 1320 A.D.; obverse + KVPIE CWCON TOVC BACIΛEIC (or similar; Lord, preserve the emperors), nimbate bust of Christ facing, pellet in each limb of cross, wearing pallium and colobium, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking, all within in inner border; reverse AVTOKPATOPEC POMAWN (or similar, Emperor of the Romans), Andronicus II (on left) and Michael IX standing facing, both wear crown with pendilia, divitision, and loros, both hold labarum between them, each raising outer hand to breast; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM; $100.00 SALE PRICE $90.00


Byzantine Empire, Michael VIII Palaeologus, 15 August 1261 - 11 December 1282

|Michael| |VIII|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Michael| |VIII| |Palaeologus,| |15| |August| |1261| |-| |11| |December| |1282||trachy|NEW
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.
BZ113985. Copper trachy, DOC V 46, B-D BTM C.1, Bendall PCPC 20, SBCV 2259, Grierson 1339, Sommer 77.3, F, green patina, off center, uneven strike, edge cracks, scyphate, weight 3.243 g, maximum diameter 25.7 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 1261 - 1282 A.D.; obverse nimbate bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and kolobion, right hand raised in benediction, scroll in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) over K - inverted K flanking; reverse X / M / ΔEC/Π/TIC - O / ΠAΛE (or similar) in columns left and right, Archangel Michael standing facing, on left, behind Michael VII kneeling facing, presenting Michael VIII to Christ, on right, seated left on high throne holding gospels, M (Michael) top center, IC - XC (Jesus Christ) flanking head of Christ, siglos K - inverted K in center at feet; rare; $80.00 SALE PRICE $72.00











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