JESUS CHRIST Class B Anonymous Ancient 1028AD Byzantine Follis Coin CROSS i34686

Description

Item:
i34686
Authentic Ancient  Coin of:
Byzantine Empire
Anonymous Class  B
Bronze Follis 26mm (7.64 grams)
Struck during the reign of Romanus III 1028-1034 A.D.
Reference: Sear 1823
Bust of Christ facing , wearing a nimbus crown, pallium and colobium, and  holding
book of Gospels with both hands.
Cross, with pellet at each extremity, standing on three steps; in field, above  transverse limbs  of cross,
IS -XS; beneath limbs, bAS - ILЄ, bAS - ILЄ ("Jesus Christ  King of Kings").
For more than a century, the production of Follis denomination Byzantine coins  had religious Christian motifs which included included  Jesus Christ, and even Virgin Mary. These coins were designed to honor Christ  and recognize the subservient role of the Byzantine emperor, with many of the  reverse inscriptions translating to "Jesus Christ King of Kings" and "May Jesus  Christ Conquer". The Follis denomination coins  were the largest bronze denomination coins issued by the Byzantine empire, and  their large size, along with the Christian motif make them a popular coin type  for collectors. This series ran from the period of Byzantine  emperors John I (969-976 A.D.) to Alexius I (1081-1118 A.D.). The accepted  classification was originally devised by Miss Margaret Thompson with her study  of these types of coins. World famous numismatic  author, David R. Sear adopted this classification system for his book entitled,  Byzantine Coins and Their Values. The references about this coin site Mr. Sear's  book by the number that they appear in that work.  The class types of coins  included Class A1, Class A2, Class B, Class C, Class D, Class E, Class F, Class G, Class H, Class I, Class J, Class K. Read more and see examples of these coins by reading the JESUS CHRIST  Anonymous Class A-N Byzantine Follis Coins Reference.
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Jesus of Nazareth
(
c.
5 BC/BCE -
c.
30 AD/CE), also  referred to as
Jesus Christ
or simply
Jesus
, is the central figure  of  Christianity. Most Christian denominations venerate him as God the  Son incarnated and believe that he rose from the dead after being crucified .
The  principal sources of information regarding Jesus are the four  canonical gospels, and most critical scholars find them, at least the Synoptic Gospels, useful for reconstructing Jesus' life and  teachings. Some scholars believe apocryphal texts such as the
Gospel of Thomas
and the
Gospel according to the Hebrews
are also relevant .
Most critical historians agree that Jesus was a Jew who was regarded as a teacher and healer , that he was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem  on the orders of the Roman Prefect Judaea,  Pontius Pilate, on the charge of sedition  against the Roman Empire . Critical Biblical scholars and  historians have offered competing descriptions of Jesus as a self-described Messiah,  as the leader of an apocalyptic movement, as an itinerant sage, as a charismatic  healer, and as the founder of an independent religious movement. Most  contemporary scholars of the Historical Jesus consider him to have been an independent,  charismatic founder of a Jewish restoration movement, anticipating an imminent  apocalypse. Other prominent scholars, however, contend that Jesus' "Kingdom  of God" meant radical personal and social transformation instead of a  future apocalypse.
Christians traditionally believe that Jesus was born of a virgin
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performed miracles ,
:358-59
founded the Church , rose from the dead , and ascended into heaven,
:616-20
from which he will return .
:1091-109
Most Christian scholars today present Jesus as the awaited Messiah promised in  the  Old Testament and as God, arguing that he fulfilled many Messianic  prophecies of the Old Testament . The majority of Christians  worship Jesus as the incarnation of God the Son, one of three divine persons of  a reject Trinitarianism Trinity, wholly or partly,  believing it to be non-scriptural.
Romanos III Argyros
or
Romanus III Argyrus
(Greek: Ρωμανός  Γ΄ Αργυρός,
Rōmanos III Argyros
), (968 - April 11, 1034) was Byzantine emperor (November 15, 1028 - April 11, 1034). His last name is  Greek for "silver".
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Life
Romanos Argyros was the son of an unnamed member of the Argyros family and a  great-grandson of Emperor Romanos I . His sister Maria had married Giovanni Orseolo .  Under Basil II ,  The soldier, he served as judge, and under Constantine VIII he became urban prefect of Constantinople . Romanos attracted the attention of Constantine VIII, who  forced him to divorce his wife (sending her into a monastery )  and to marry the emperor's daughter Zoe . The marriage took place on November 12, 1028, and three days later  Constantine VIII died, leaving Romanos III as emperor.
The new emperor showed great eagerness to make his mark as a ruler, but was  mostly unfortunate in his enterprises. He spent large sums upon new buildings  and in endowing the monks , and in his endeavour to relieve the pressure of taxation disorganized  the finances of the state. Idealizing Marcus Aurelius ,  Romanos aspired to be a new "philosopher king",  and similarly desired to imitate the military prowess of Trajan .
Among his striking cultural achievements one should note the foundation of  the Monastery of the Peribleptos (Sulu Manastir).
In 1030 he resolved to retaliate upon the incursions of the Muslims on the  eastern frontier by leading a large army in person against Aleppo , but by  allowing himself to be surprised on the march sustained a serious defeat at Azaz  near Antioch .  Though this disaster was retrieved by the capture and successful defence of Edessa by George Maniakes in 1032 and by the defeat of a Saracen fleet  in the Adriatic , Romanus never recovered his popularity.
As a member of the aristocracy, Romanos III abandoned his predecessors'  curtailment of the privileges of the nobility and reduced their taxes, at the  same time allowing peasant freeholders to fall into a condition of serfdom. In a  vain attempt to reduce expenditure, Romanos limited his wife's expenses, which  merely exacerbated the alienation between the spouses.
At home Romanos III faced several conspiracies, mostly centered around his  sister-in-law Theodora , as in 1029 and 1030. Although he survived these attempts on the  throne, his early death in 1034 was supposed to have been due to poison  administered by his wife, though it has also been alleged that he was drowned in  a bath on his wife's orders.
Family
By his first wife Helena, Romanos III Argyros had a daughter:
(unnamed) Argyra, who was engaged to Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor .
He had no children by his second wife Zoe.
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