Byzantine Empire. John II Comnenus (1118-1143 AD). Aspron Trachy (No reserve price)

Byzantine Empire.
John II Comnenus (1118-1143 AD).
Aspron Trachy (Billon, 27.3 mm, 3.64 g).

Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing numbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, and raising right hand in benediction; in left, book of Gospels; to left, IC; to right, XC.
Rev: + Ιω ΔЄCΠΟΤ Τ ΠΦVPOΓΝΤ. Bust facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding cruciform sceptre and globus cruciger.

Reference: Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, type 1944.

John II Comnenus continued the Byzantine recovery begun by his father, Alexios I. He defeated the Pechenegs at Beroia in 1122, campaigned against Turkish powers in Anatolia, and recovered Cilicia, compelling the crusader prince of Antioch to acknowledge Byzantine overlordship. His reign strengthened imperial authority through sustained campaigning and diplomacy. He died following a hunting accident in 1143, leaving the throne to his son Manuel I.

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