BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Anonymous Class C
Time of Michael IV the Paphlagonian, AD 1034-1041
AE Follis. 11.68g, 29.9mm
MINTED: Constantinople mint, circa AD 1034-1041
REF: Sear Byzantine 1825
OBVERSE: ЄmmANOVHA, IC-XC, three-quarter length figure of Christ standing facing, wearing nimbus crown, pallium, and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left hand, he holds the book of Gospels.REVERSE: IX-XC/NI-KA, jewelled cross with pellets at each extremity.
Notes:
Decently sharp details. Typical messy doublestrike.
Historical Notes:
Michael IV was born in a family of peasants and originally worked as a money changer before finding work at the court of Romanus III. There he was one of Empress Zoë's many lovers, and it was suspected that the adulterous couple eventually poisoned and murdered Romanus in 1034. Zoë and Michael were married on the same day, with Michael being crowned emperor the next day. Despite his youth, Michael was in generally poor health, and he died in 1041 at the age of 31, shortly after a successful military campaign against the Bulgarians.
BYZANTINE EMPIRE . Anonymous Class C (Michael IV, AD 1034-1041) . AE Follis
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