Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Aspron trachy, scyphate of Constantinople

Date
1195 AD - 1203 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1989.0006
Material
Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Aspron trachy, scyphate
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Alexios III Angelos
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1259
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS
Trench
MMS-III 89.1
Locus
MMS-III 89.1 Locus 1
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust of youthful Christ, holds scroll IX XC; Reverse: Emperor standing, crowned by St. Constantine; both in stemma, divitision, each with labarum, gl. cr. between, legend illegible.
Condition
Fair
Dimensions
Weight: 3.15g; Diameter: 27mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hendy 1969, p. 151, uncertain variation
Author
JDE