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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.Europe 1135 AD

Byzantine Empire, Duchy of Chaldia, Constantine Gabras, c. 1126 - 1140 A.D.

|Trebizond|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Duchy| |of| |Chaldia,| |Constantine| |Gabras,| |c.| |1126| |-| |1140| |A.D.||follis|
Constantine Gabras (or Gavras) was the governor or doux (duke) of the Byzantine province of Chaldia, centered on the Black Sea port of Trebizond and its mountainous hinterland, the Pontic Alps, in northeast Anatolia, now part of Turkey. Gabras rebelled against the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos and ruled Chaldia as a semi-independent prince between 1126 and 1140. Following the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the region became the center of the new Empire of Trebizond which survived until falling to the Ottomans in 1461.
BZ95865. Bronze follis, Bendall Trebizond (NC 77), pl. 7, 28; DOC IV Trebizond p. 433, 14; Hendy -; SBCV -, F, uneven strike with some weak areas, reverse off center, earthen encrustations, weight 1.146 g, maximum diameter 16.5 mm, die axis 0o, Trebizond (Trabzon, Turkey) mint, c. 1126 - 1140 A.D.; obverse cross fourchée within circular border; reverse cross fourchée within circular border; rare; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Duchy of Chaldia, Constantine Gabras, c. 1126 - 1140 A.D.

|Trebizond|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Duchy| |of| |Chaldia,| |Constantine| |Gabras,| |c.| |1126| |-| |1140| |A.D.||follis|
Constantine Gabras (or Gavras) was the governor or doux (duke) of the Byzantine province of Chaldia, centered on the Black Sea port of Trebizond and its mountainous hinterland, the Pontic Alps, in northeast Anatolia, now part of Turkey. Gabras rebelled against the Byzantine emperor John II Komnenos and ruled Chaldia as a semi-independent prince between 1126 and 1140. Following the dissolution of the Byzantine Empire by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the region became the center of the new Empire of Trebizond which survived until falling to the Ottomans in 1461.
BZ76967. Bronze follis, Bendall Trebizond pl. 7, 28; DOC IV Trebizond p. 433, 14; SBCV -, VF, dark green patina, typical uneven strike, clipped flan, and generally crude manufacture, weight 1.362 g, maximum diameter 18.3 mm, Trebizond (Trabzon, Turkey) mint, c. 1126 - 1140 A.D.; obverse cross pattée within circular border; reverse cross pattée within circular border; rare; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Alexius I Comnenus and John II, Autumn 1092 - 15 August 1118 A.D., John II Coronation Issue

|Alexius| |I|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Alexius| |I| |Comnenus| |and| |John| |II,| |Autumn| |1092| |-| |15| |August| |1118| |A.D.,| |John| |II| |Coronation| |Issue||tetarteron|
Issued for celebrations throughout the Empire to honor the coronation of John II as co-emperor in 1092. This scarce type and two rare types issued for the coronation, are traditionally identified as the earliest tetarteron. They may actually be sphragidia that were distributed only to a select group of people who participated in the celebrations, or for charitable purposes.
BZ53323. Lead tetarteron, DOC IV-1 42.2 ff.; Grierson 1046 (Constantinople, half tetarteron), SBCV -, aF, weight 3.474 g, maximum diameter 16.4 mm, die axis 180o, uncertain mint, c. 1092 - 1093 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing, nimbate, bearded, wearing tunic and colobium, open Gospels in left, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking; reverse AΛCE ΔEC, bust of Alexius facing, wearing stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros, cruciform scepter in right, globus cruciger in left; scarce; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Alexius I Comnenus, Irene and John II, Autumn 1092 - 15 August 1118 A.D., John II Coronation Issue

|John| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Alexius| |I| |Comnenus,| |Irene| |and| |John| |II,| |Autumn| |1092| |-| |15| |August| |1118| |A.D.,| |John| |II| |Coronation| |Issue||tetarteron|
Issued for celebrations throughout the Empire to honor the coronation of John II as co-emperor in 1092. This very rare type and two other types also issued for the coronation, are traditionally identified as the earliest tetarteron. They may actually be sphragidia that were distributed only to a select group of people who participated in the celebrations, or for charitable purposes.
BZ53331. Lead tetarteron, DOC IV-1 32; Grierson 1033; SBCV -, aF, weight 3.799 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, John II coronation issue, autumn 1092; obverse IΩΔECΠOT, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) in fields above, half-length figures of Christ (on left) and John II holding labarum between them, Christ is bearded and wears tunic and kolobion, John wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros; reverse ΛΛEZIΩ EIPHNH, half-length figures of Alexis (on left) and Irene, holding long cross between them, both wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros; very rare; SOLD


|John| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |John| |II| |Comnenus,| |15| |August| |1118| |-| |8| |April| |1143| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy|
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.
BZ95160. Billon aspron trachy, DOC IV-I 10; CLBC 3.3.2; Morrisson BnF 60/Cp/B/02; Hendy pl. 10, 9; Wroth BMC 53; SBCV 1944; Grierson 1070; Sommer 60.7; Ratto -, VF, well centered and struck, porous, scyphate, weight 4.221 g, maximum diameter 29.0 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 15 Aug 1118 - 8 Apr 1143 A.D.; obverse IC-XC (Greek abbr.: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ), Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, gospels in left hand; reverse + IΩ ΔEC-ΠOT ΠΦVPOΓNHT (or similar), bust of John facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger; from the S. Lindner Collection; SOLD


|John| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |John| |II| |Comnenus,| |15| |August| |1118| |-| |8| |April| |1143| |A.D.||tetarteron|
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, weight 2.236 g, maximum diameter 18.7 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 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


|John| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |John| |II| |Comnenus,| |15| |August| |1118| |-| |8| |April| |1143| |A.D.||tetarteron|
John II was a capable ruler. 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.
BZ99283. Bronze tetarteron, DOC IV-1 14b; Morrisson BnF 60/Th/AE/02; Wroth BMC 70; Hendy pl. 11, 12; SBCV 1953; Sommer 60.14, Choice aVF, broad flan, dark uneven patina, areas of slightest porosity, weight 3.762 g, maximum diameter 19.4 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, 1137 - 8 Apr 1143 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing wears nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, pellet in each limb of nimbus, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbr.: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking shoulders; reverse Iw ΔECΠTH (John, Despotes), bust of John II facing, wearing crown with cross and pendilia, and jeweled chlamys, jeweled scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection; SOLD


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.||tetarteron|
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.
BZ91209. Bronze tetarteron, cf. DOC IV-1 12; Wroth BMC p. 564, 62; Morrisson BnF 60/Cp/AE/1; Ratto 2099; SBCV 1945; Sommer 60.8, VF, dark blue-green patina, scratches, some light porosity, weight 4.352 g, maximum diameter 20.7 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, obverse Christ standing facing on footstool, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, Gospels in left hand, to left IC, to right XC; reverse IW DECΠOTH TW ΠOPΦVPOΓNIT (or similar), John standing facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, cruciform scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection, ex CNG e-auction 395 (12 Apr 2017), lot 389; scarce; SOLD


|John| |II|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |John| |II| |Comnenus,| |15| |August| |1118| |-| |8| |April| |1143| |A.D.||tetarteron|
"CONSTANTINOPOLIS (Istanbul, Turkey - 41°02'N, 28°57'E), founded as Byzantium about 660 BC by Greeks from Megara, is located on the European side of the southern end of the Bosporus. It became a Roman ally in the second century BC, and maintained independent status until at least the first century AD. It was destroyed by Septimius Severus for aiding Pescennius Niger, but rebuilt within the same reign. Constantine I re-founded it as his capital, gave it his name, and opened a mint which struck for over 1,100 years under the Romans and Byzantines. It became the capital of the Byzantine Empire."- from Moneta Historical Research by Tom Schroer
BZ95151. Bronze tetarteron, DOC IV-1 12; CLBC I 3.4.1, Wroth BMC p. 564, 62; Morrisson BnF 60/Cp/AE/1; Ratto 2099; SBCV 1945; Sommer 60.8; Hendy pl. 11, 5-7; Grierson 1071, VF, minor encrustations, some porosity, spots of corrosion, weight 4.375 g, maximum diameter 20.2 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, 15 Aug 1118 - 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 ΔECΠOT TW ΠORΦOΓNT (or similar; John, despostes, born to the purple ), John standing facing, wearing crown, stemma, divitision, collar-piece and a simplified jeweled loros, cruciform scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection; SOLD


Byzantine Empire, Alexius I Comnenus, Irene and John II, Autumn 1092 - 15 August 1118 A.D., John II Coronation Issue

|Alexius| |I|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Alexius| |I| |Comnenus,| |Irene| |and| |John| |II,| |Autumn| |1092| |-| |15| |August| |1118| |A.D.,| |John| |II| |Coronation| |Issue||tetarteron|
Issued for celebrations throughout the Empire to honor the coronation of John II as co-emperor in 1092. This very rare type and two other types also issued for the coronation, are traditionally identified as the earliest tetarteron. They may actually be sphragidia that were distributed only to a select group of people who participated in the celebrations, or for charitable purposes.
BZ95153. Lead tetarteron, DOC IV-1 pl. IV, Pb 37; Grierson 1035; CLBC 2.5.1; SBCV -; Hendy -, Sommer -, aF, bumps, encrustations, thick patina, weight 4.375 g, maximum diameter 17.6 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, John II coronation issue, autumn 1092; obverse Δ/MI/TP (or similar, Demetrius, columnar on left), IW ΔECΠT (or similar, John, Despot, clockwise on right), full-length figures St. Demetrius (on left) and John II standing facing, holding labarum between them; Saint nimbate, wears garb, sword in right hand, John wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros; reverse AΛEZIW Δ- HPHNIV (or similar, Alexius, Despot - Irene), full-length figures of Alexis (on left) and Irene, holding long cross between them, both wear stemma, divitision, collar-piece and jeweled loros, Alexius holds anexikakia in right hand; from the S. Lindner Collection; scarce; SOLD




  




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