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<p>[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4289208, member: 95174"]John II Comnenus is next. The group included 4 of these half tetartera by him.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>John II was the son of Alexius; he was born into the purple. As history goes, he was one of the best rulers the empire ever had but he is rarely mentioned. His nickname was John the Beautiful, this was not because of his looks it was said he was a very unattractive man. A great book about him is “John II Konnenus Byzantine Emperor In the shadow of Father and Son.”</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is SBCV – 1954, found in sizes 15-19mm with weights 1.16 to 2.52gm</p><p><br /></p><p>I chose one example to photograph, descent example of this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>2.3gm and 16.64mm</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1091845[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>His copper coinage was rarely if ever imitated. No known tetartera copies but one trachy type has a imitation. However, his gold coinage from Thessalonica was copied by John III, to the point we cannot tell the difference visually on who created the coin. Why he did this is uncertain, but john II kept his coinage at the high levels of purity. Coinage after him by his son Manuel became debased a little and it proceeded to decline on all rulers after that until time the Crusaders overtook the capital in 1203 and gold coinage had temporarily ceased to be minted.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Next part of the group is Manuel, his coins are abundant in the collector’s world and in this group.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="BenSi, post: 4289208, member: 95174"]John II Comnenus is next. The group included 4 of these half tetartera by him. John II was the son of Alexius; he was born into the purple. As history goes, he was one of the best rulers the empire ever had but he is rarely mentioned. His nickname was John the Beautiful, this was not because of his looks it was said he was a very unattractive man. A great book about him is “John II Konnenus Byzantine Emperor In the shadow of Father and Son.” This coin is SBCV – 1954, found in sizes 15-19mm with weights 1.16 to 2.52gm I chose one example to photograph, descent example of this coin. 2.3gm and 16.64mm [ATTACH=full]1091845[/ATTACH] His copper coinage was rarely if ever imitated. No known tetartera copies but one trachy type has a imitation. However, his gold coinage from Thessalonica was copied by John III, to the point we cannot tell the difference visually on who created the coin. Why he did this is uncertain, but john II kept his coinage at the high levels of purity. Coinage after him by his son Manuel became debased a little and it proceeded to decline on all rulers after that until time the Crusaders overtook the capital in 1203 and gold coinage had temporarily ceased to be minted. Next part of the group is Manuel, his coins are abundant in the collector’s world and in this group.[/QUOTE]
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