• m13-1256-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1256-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Aspron trachy, scyphate of Nicosia

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1256.0001
Date
1184 AD - 1191 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1977.1417
Material
Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Aspron trachy, scyphate
Coin Mint
Nicosia
Issuers
Isaac I Komnenos
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1256
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Virgin enthroned with infant Christ MHP ΘV; Reverse: Emperor standing facing in stemma, divitision, chlamys, holds akakia in l., with St. George facing, in military tunic, breastplate and sword in l., holding between them patriarchal cross; legend obscure.
Condition
Excellent
Dimensions
Weight: 3.33g; Diameter: 16mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hendy 1969, p. 136, type A
Author
JDE

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