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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Comnen Dynasty| > |John II| > BZ99285
Byzantine Empire, John II Comnenus, 15 August 1118 - 8 April 1143 A.D.
|John| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |John| |II| |Comnenus,| |15| |August| |1118| |-| |8| |April| |1143| |A.D.|, John II was the oldest son of Alexius I and succeeded to the throne in 1118. He was a good and capable ruler and did much to further the Byzantine Empire. He recaptured lost territory and added territory to the Empire. He attempted to curtail the trading privileges given to the Venetians but was forced to give up this idea. His reign was brought to an early end when he died in a hunting accident. His youngest son, Manuel I, succeeded him
BZ99285. Bronze tetarteron, DOC IV-1 12b; Hendy pl. 11, 5; Wroth BMC 63; Morrisson BnF 60/Cp/AE/11; SBCV 1945; Sommer 60.8, VF, flan crack, areas of corrosion, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.236g, maximum diameter 18.7mm, die axis 180o, c. 1137 - 8 Apr 1143 A.D.; obverse Christ standing facing on dais, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbr.: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ); reverse + IW ΔECΠOTH - TW ΠORΦYPOΓNT (or similar, John, despostes, born to the purple ), John standing facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, cruciform scepter in right, globus cruciger in left; from the S. Lindner Collection; SOLD










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