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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BenSi, post: 3867553, member: 95174&quot;]I won this at auction a month or so ago. I just got back home after a very cool trip for work that took me to the Med. I did not buy any coins on my trip ( Two of my stops , Cyprus and Israel ancient coins are permitted for purchase.)</p><p><br /></p><p>However, I came home to this beauty in my post. Not an easy coin to come by, the Constantinople coins are the rarest in tetartera. It is a beauty and will replace my other two examples that I acquired in the last two decades. </p><p><br /></p><p>This ruler of the Eastern Roman Empire was one of its cruelest and ruthless. Andronicus I ruled 1183-1185 AD. He was cousin of Manuel Ist and upon Manuels death his son was crowned, Alexius II, his life was very short , his mother was the regent and she became close to Andronicus; he in turn convinced a very young&nbsp; Alexius II to kill his mother. Andronicus then became co emperor with Alexius II and then had the young man killed. Andronicus then took Alexius II wife ( 12 years old) as his own, he was&nbsp; 70.&nbsp; The people of Constantinople ended up killing Andronicus in the most brutal of ways , I don&#039;t remember the details but it took a day or two for him to die publicly. </p><p><br /></p><p>His coins were very attractive both of his tetartera issues depicted the Virgin ( A third coin in Sear depicting St George has been convincingly moved to Andronicus II of Trebizond) , this one not perfect but extraordinary for its condition. Beautiful brassy look. Most details are fresh.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1022392[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><b>ANDRONICUS METROPOLITIAN TETARTERON S-1986 DOC 5 CLBC 5.4.1 </b></p><p><br /></p><p>OBV Full length figure of Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, standing on dais, holds nimbate beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.</p><p><br /></p><p>REV Full length figure of emperor on l. crowned by Christ bearded and nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and chlamys holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft and in l. anexikakia, Christ wearing tunic and kolobion, holds gospels in l. hand.</p><p><br /></p><p>Size 20.84</p><p><br /></p><p>Weight 4.55gm</p><p><br /></p><p>DOC lists 14 examples with weights from 2.49gm to 4.54gm and sizes from 18mm to 23mm[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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