Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Aspron trachy, scyphate of Constantinople

Date
1143 AD - 1180 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1977.1451
Material
Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Aspron trachy, scyphate
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Manuel I Komnenos
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1255
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Christ facing on backless throne IC XC; Reverse: Standing emperor in stemma, divitsion, loros, with labarum in r. and gl. cr. in l., crowned by Mary MΛNᴕHΛ ΔЄCΠOT MHP ΘV.
Condition
Worn, corroded
Dimensions
Weight: 3.00g; Diameter: 23mm.
Comments
Hendy var. A.
See Also
Bibliography
Hendy 1969, p. 118, 4th coinage
Author
JDE