On this Day (May 29th) 1453 Constantinople Fell to the Ottoman Turks

Post any Byzantine coins in memoriam...


Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, with Romanus I and Christopher, 913-959.

(AR, 25 mm, 3.15 g, 12 h), Constantinople. IҺSЧS XRISTЧS ҺICA Cross potent set on three steps; below, globe. Rev. +ROmAҺO' / XPISTOFOR' / CЄ COҺSTAҺ' / ЄҺ X'ω ЄVSЄ/b' bASIL' R' in five lines. DOC 18. SB 1754.

 

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This explains why I woke up in a fowl mood today.

 

Heh

 

1,480 years is a good run for an empire.

 

Definitely agree with that sentiment!

 

Here's my most recent Byzantine acquisition that was minted in Constantinople:

Justin I, AD 518-527.
Byzantine Æ follis, 17.03 g, 34.3 mm, 7 h.
Constantinople, 4th officina, AD 518-527.
Obv: D N IVSTI-NVS P P AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust, right.
Rev: Large M; cross above, stars flanking; Δ//CON.
Refs: DOC 8d; MIBE 11; SB 62.

 

My ottomans say "Sup".

 

Start of another Empire at C-Town


Ottoman Turks
Sultan Mahmed II
1451-1481
took Constantinople in 1453
Serez mint
AR 1.2g

 

Eastern Roman Silver


ER Andronicus II - Michael IX AD 1295-1320 AR Basilikon 22mm 2.1g Constantinople Christ enthroned - Andronicus l Michael r labarum DOC V 1 Class VIII



ER Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180 CE Aspron Trachy 35mm 4g Christ Gospels Labaran globus cruciger Virgin maphorium SB 1966 scyphate

 

World's Oldest Marching Band...

 

12 Nummi - Emperor Justinus I. - Alexandria mint

 

As close to the end as I can get. I like to think of the possibility these two might’ve been in the city during the siege and it’s fall. I’ll call it Istanbul when talking to others but in my heart the city will always be Constantinople

John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine Empire
AR stavraton
Obv: IC-XC, Facing bust of Christ, surrounded by eight dots
Rev: IWANHC DECPOTIC O PALEOLOGOC QV XAPITI AVTOKPATOP in two lines around nimbate facing bust of the emperor, dot to left and right
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1425-1448
Ref: SB 2563
Size: 6.66 gr.



John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine Empire
AR half-stavraton
Obv: IC-XC, Facing bust of Christ
Rev: IWANHC DECPOTIC Q PALEOLOGOC, nimbate facing bust of the emperor
Mint: Constantinople
Date: 1425-1448
Ref: SB 2565
Size: 3.3 gr.

 

...out with the old...in with the new...and a tip o de hat to Orban the Hungarian cannon maker & those very Christian crusaders who sacked Constantinople beforehand .. Akre of Mehmed ll

 

Above all do I feel sorry for the population of Constantinople when a bunch of savages, rapist destroyed this city and raped and enslaved the population.

I) Honorius, (A.D. 393-423), gold solidus, Ravenna mint, issued A.D. 402-406 (4.41 g), obv. pearl diademed bust draped and cuirassed of Honorius to right, around D N HONORI VS P F AVG, rev. VICTORI A AVGGG, emperor standing right holding standard, Victory on globe, left foot on captive, R V either side, CONOB in exergue, (S.4244, RIC 1287, C.44, Biaggi 2321). Large flan, lustrous.
provenance from Noble PTY LTD; from private purchase of a Roman coin dealer; private Italian collection

II) Anastasius I, (A.D. 491-518), gold solidus, issue of 491-498, Constantinople mint, 3rd Officina, (4.40 g), obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarter face to right, holding spear and shield, around DN ANASTA SIVS PP AVC, rev. Victory standing left holding long cross, around VICTORI A AVCCCG exergue CONOB, star in right field, (S.3, DOC 3c, T.71, R.-, MIBE 4a). Lustruous tones.
provenance from Noble PTY LTD; from a private collection; from CNG Triton XX, january 10-11, 2017 (lot 942); from the Alan Goldman Collection; purchase from Comptoir des Monnaies, June 2011, with ticket;

III) Justin I, (A.D. 518-527), gold solidus, issue of 519-527, Constantinople mint, (4.48 g), obv. helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarters right, holding spear, around DN IVSTI NVS PP AVI, rev. Angel standing facing holding long cross, cross on globe, around VICTORI A AVCCCB, in exergue CONOB, star in right field, (S.56, DOC 2b, MIBE 3). Full large flan, well centred, lustruous.

provenance from Noble PTY LTD; from a private collection; from CNG Triton XX, January 10-11, 2017 (lot 984); from the Goldman Collection; previously from Harlan Berk, BBS Sale 177, 15 November 2011 (lot 39), with ticket;

IV) Justinian I (527-565). AV Solidus, Constantinople mint, 10th officina. Struck 527-538 AD. Obv. DN IVSTINIANVS PP AVI. Helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with soldier on horseback riding right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGGI. Angel standing facing, holding long cross and globus cruciger; to right, star; in exergue, CONOB. D.O. 3i; MIB 5; Sear 137. AV. 4.47 g. 22.00 mm. A brilliant attractive example. Broad, unclipped flan. EF.
Provenance from Artemide Aste & Artemide Kunstauktionen, San Marino; from a private Italian collection;

V) Eraclio e Eraclio Costantino (613-638) - Solido - I busti coronati di fronte /R Croce su tre gradini Ratto 1364/1365; Sear 738 (AU g. 4,45)
Provenance from Inasta SPA Italia; from a private Italian collection;

 

The most important, first depiction of Jesus Christus on a coin!

Justinian II, first reign, 685-695. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.39 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 692-695. IҺS [CRISTOS] RЄX RЄSNANTIЧM Draped bust of Christ facing with cross behind head, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. [D IЧSTI]NIANЧS SЄRЧ CҺRISTI [officina letter] / [CONOP] Justinian II, crowned, bearded and wearing loros, standing facing, holding cross potent on three steps with his right hand and akakia in his left. DOC 7. MIB 8a-b. SB 1248. The usual areas of weakness, otherwise, virtually as struck.

Provenance from Leu Numismatik;

 

Byzantine politics could be ruthless and bloody. The sentiment of PAX on the globus cruciger below was more of an ideal than an actuality during the eighth century.
Two solidi of Justinian II, his second reign 705-711 AD. The first shows the emperor in a loros. The second coin shows him and his son Tiberius wearing the chlamys. After Justinian was deposed for the second time (and executed) his wife fled with the six year old Tiberius to sanctuary in a church. However, the supporters of Philippicus dragged the child out of the church and slaughtered him, ending the line of the Heraclian dynasty.
Here is Philippicus. Beautiful coin, disastrous emperor. His reign lasted less than two years before he was deposed by his military officers, and blinded. He died shortly thereafter. This is the last time the scipio, the eagle-topped consular scepter, appears on Byzantine coins.

 

...gold.. wow....ole @panzerman's gonna like you...

 

Here is my Byzantine Solidus, minted in Constantinople.
Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine.
AD 613-641. Solidus. Constantinople Mint.
20mm, 4.43g.
Obv: dd NN hERACLIЧS ET hERA CONST PP AV, Crowned and draped bust of Heraclius and Heraclius Constantine facing, with short beard, on the right. Cross above.
Rev: VICTORIA AVGU Θ /CONOB, Cross on base and three steps.

 

To which, the ancient Egyptians reply: "Piffle!"