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Miliaresion - John I Tzimiskes Constantinopolis
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 969-976 |
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| Thickness | 1 mm |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mint | Constantinople |
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John I Tzimiskes came to power by murdering his uncle Nikephoros II Phokos in his own bedchamber in December 969, with the complicity of Empress Theophano. The Senate and Patriarch Polyeuktos forced him to exile Theophano and do public penance before accepting his legitimacy — an unusual condition for a usurper to have met at all. His reign proved militarily aggressive, pushing Byzantine forces deep into Syria and to the gates of Jerusalem before his death in 976, almost certainly by poison.
The miliaresion of this reign is documented under DOC III as a type of limited emission, consistent with the short seven-year window.