Trabzon İmparatoru I. Manuel Komnenos 1238-1263 Dönemine Tarihlenen Balıkesir, Kuva-Yi Milliye Müzesi’ndeki Üç Adet Asper

Year 2012, Issue: 2, 131 - 162, 01.01.2012

Ceren Ünal

Abstract

The coin section of Kuva-yi Milliye Museum, Balıkesir has three aspers of emperor of Trebizond Empire, Manuel I Komnenos. All of them are typical coins of Trebizond Empire with their iconographic types and the denominations. It is interesting to find the coins of Trebizond Empire the reason for its rarety. Three aspers will be presented according to its denomination and iconographic type. In additon to these, the period of emperor Manuel I Komnenos will be discussed both historical and political approaches. The coin types of Trebizond Empire are different from Byzantine coins. The main denomination of the coinage of Trebizond Empire was silver which is called asper. The patron Saint of city of Trebizond is Saint Eugenios who is the principal figure on the obverse of the coins of Trebizond Empire. The reverse type of the coins of Trebizond Empire has always the figure of emperor. Saint Eugenios, the holy figure of Trebizond Empire depiction of asper was the basic difference between Trebizond Empire and Byzantine Empire about the coin iconography

Keywords

Silver coin, Manuel I Komnenos, Trebizond Empire, Kuva-yi Milliye Museum, Balıkesir

Trabzon İmparatoru I. Manuel Komnenos 1238-1263 Dönemine Tarihlenen Balıkesir, Kuva-Yi Milliye Müzesi’ndeki Üç Adet Asper

Abstract

Balıkesir, Kuva-yi Milliye Müzesi’nde Trabzon İmparatorluğu idarecilerinden I. Manuel Komnenos’un üç adet asper yer almaktadır.1 Asper adı verilen bu gümüş sikkeler, üzerlerinde görülen ikonografi ve birim değeri bakımından Trabzon Komnenos’larının tipik örnekleridir. Sıklıkla rastlanan örnekler olmamalarından dolayı, Trabzon İmparatorluğu’na ait üç adet asper, birim değerleri ve ikonografik ayrıntıları ile tanıtılarak, Trabzon İmparatorluğu sikke sisteminin gelişimi ve I. Manuel Komnenos’un dönemi irdelenecektir. Bizans İmparatorluğu sikkelerinden oldukça farklı olan Trabzon İmparatorluğu sikkelerinin temel birimi gümüş sikke asperdir. Trabzon İmparatorluğu gümüş sikkelerinin ön yüzünde kentin hami azizi Aziz Eugenios, arka yüzde ise imparatorun tasviri yer almaktadır. Asperlerin ön yüzünde tasvir edilen kutsal kişi Aziz Eugenios, Trabzon İmparatorluğu ile Bizans İmparatorluğu sikke ikonografisi arasındaki farklığı oluşturmaktadır

Keywords

Gümüş sikke, I. Manuel Komnenos, Trabzon İmparatorluğu, Kuva-yi Milliye Müzesi, Balıkesir

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