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Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College) -
Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Aspron trachy, scyphate of Constantinople
- Date
- 1143 AD - 1180 AD, Byzantine
- Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
- 2009.0012
- Material
- Billon
- 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
- Sector
- F49
- Trench
- F49 09.1
- Locus
- F49 09.1 Locus 48
- B-Grid Coordinates
- E828.1 / S383.05 *181.27
- 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
- Excellent
- Dimensions
- Weight: 2.90g; Diameter: 30mm.
- Comments
- Hendy var. A.
- See Also
- Bibliography
- Hendy 1969, p. 118, 4th coinage
- Author
- JDE