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AV Tetarteron - Michael VI Stratioticus
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1056-1057 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (1056-1057) |
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Michael VI came to power not through dynastic succession or military acclaim but through the machinations of the eunuch bureaucracy at Constantinople, elevated by the dying empress Theodora as a compromise candidate. His reign lasted less than a year — he abdicated in August 1057 under pressure from a military revolt led by Isaac Komnenos, marking the first successful overthrow of a civilian emperor by the provincial military aristocracy, a fracture that would define Byzantine politics for the next century.
The extreme brevity of his rule makes any gold issue attributable to his reign genuinely scarce by simple arithmetic of minting time.