Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Aspron trachy, scyphate of Nicosia

Date
1184 AD - 1191 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1978.1647
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.
1257
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust of youthful Christ, holds scroll in l., legend obscure; Reverse: Emperor standing facing in stemma, scaramangion and sagion, holds cross-topped scepter in r. and akakia in l. Manus Dei in upper r. legend obscure.
Condition
Worn, torn
Dimensions
Weight: 1.60g; Diameter: 25mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hendy 1969, p. 136, type B
Author
JDE