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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 8211455, member: 87809&quot;]From around this time I have a John II Comnenus. </p><p><br /></p><p>Alexius Comnenus became emperor in 1081; he fixed the military with a system called “Pronoia” and he also initiated a new monetary system where the Hyperpyron replaced the Histamenon. John II, also known as &quot;John the Beautiful&quot; or &quot;John the Good&quot; (Kaloïōannēs), was the eldest son of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus, and he succeeded Alexius on the throne of Byzantium on August 15, 1118.After twenty-five years of reign, he died in a hunting accident on April 8, 1143 after naming his fourth son, Manuel Comnenus, as his successor.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>AU Hyperpyron, Constantinople, first coinage, ca. 1118 - 1122</p><p>30.6 mm, about 4.23 g (it is mounted on a pin, but can be easily removed without damaging the coin)</p><p>Nomisma DOC IV-1 1a; CLBC I 3.1.1; Morrisson BnF 1 ff; Wroth BMC 10; Ratto 2094; Grierson 1064; Sommer 60.1; Sear 1938; SB 1947</p><p><br /></p><p>Ob.: Christ seated facing on backless throne with 3 pellets on each arm, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising r. hand in benediction, book of Gospels with five pellets on cover cradled on l. arm; IC-XC-barred, flanking head; double border</p><p>Rev.: half-length figures of Virgin on right and John II Comnenus with beard on left, together holding a patriarchal cross. Virgin nimbate with pallium and maphorium, and John wearing crown, loros and akakia, manus Dei above emerging from cloud; around +IΩ ∆EXΠOTH − Θς -barred - at right MHP barred</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1440737[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1440738[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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