BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Anonymous Class H
Time of Michael VII Ducas (AD 1071-1079)
AE Follis. 8.62g, 25.2mm
MINTED: Constantinople mint, circa AD 1071-1079
REF: Sear Byzantine 1880
OBVERSE: IC-XC across fields, bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing nimbus cross, holding book of Gospels in both hands.REVERSE: Patriarchal cross with globule and pellets at extremities, set on floral ornament.
Notes:
A pleasant example of a Class H follis, which are scarce and amongst the hardest to find of the anonymous follis series.
Historical Notes:
Michael Ducas's fraught reign saw rebellions in the Balkans, threats from the Bulgarians, and the loss of the Empire's territories in Anatolia and Italy. At home, the economy was slipped into chaos, forcing him to devalue the empire's currency by a quarter. Rapidly losing his popularity, Michael desperately sought help from the Turks to keep his throne, but failed, and he was deposed by Nicephorus Botaniates in 1078. The disgraced former emperor was allowed to take monastic vows, and he died peacefully twelve years later, in 1090.
BYZANTINE EMPIRE . Anonymous Class H (Michael VII, AD 1071-1079) . *Scarce*
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