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Byzantine Empire, John II Comnenus, 15 August 1118 - 8 April 1143 A.D.
"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 SchroerBZ95151. 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, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 4.375g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180o, 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
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