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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |The Restored Empire| > |Michael VIII| > SH86354
Byzantine Empire, Michael VIII Palaeologus, 15 August 1261 - 11 December 1282
|Michael| |VIII|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Michael| |VIII| |Palaeologus,| |15| |August| |1261| |-| |11| |December| |1282|, Michael VIII was regent for and later co-emperor with the Nicaean Emperor John IV. He defeated the Latin emperor Baldwin II, captured Constantinople and restored the empire. His superb diplomatic skills balanced his enemies against each other. He founded the last great Byzantine dynasty.
SH86354. Gold hyperpyron, DOC V 25 (sigla 70), Bendall PCPC 5 (sigla not listed), Lianta 494 - 504 var. (sigla), Grierson 1289, SBCV 2243, Sommer -, VF, scyphate, obverse double struck, flan cracks, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.221g, maximum diameter 27.1mm, die axis 0o, 15 Aug 1261 - 11 Dec 1282; obverse nimbate half-length facing figure of the Virgin Mary orans within city walls, six towers on walls; sigla K - M low across fields; reverse inscription on left off flan, IΠ/A/T... on right (abbreviated and blundered Greek for Michael Despot), Archangel Michael standing facing, on left, behind Michael VII kneeling facing, presents Michael VIII to Christ, on right, seated left on high throne, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking Christ's head; very scarce; SOLD










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