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Byzantine Anonymous Follis of Christ, Class I, Nicephorus III, 7 January 1078 - 1 April 1081
In autumn 1080 Nikephoros Melissenos, an Byzantine general and aristocrat, seized control of what remains of Byzantine Asia Minor (modern Turkey) and proclaims himself emperor against Nikephoros III. Melissenos made an alliance with Sultan Suleiman ibn Qutulmish and recruits many Turkish mercenaries to his army. On 1 April 1081, Nikephoros III was forced to abdicate the throne and retired to the Peribleptos monastery. He was succeeded by Alexios I Komnenos, who was crowned on April 5. Nikephoros Melissenos supported Alexios (his brother-in-law) as emperor in exchange for the title of Caesar (co-emperor) and was appointed as commander of the Byzantine armies in the West.MA95740. Bronze anonymous follis, Anonymous follis of Christ, DOC III-2, class I; SBCV 1889, F, well centered, tiny edge crack, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 5.484g, maximum diameter 21.6mm, die axis 180o, 7 Jan 1078 - 1 Apr 1081; obverse Christ bust facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right in benediction, gospels in left, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) across field; reverse Latin cross with X at center, globule and two pellets at each extremity, floral ornaments in lower fields, crescents in upper fields; SOLD
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