• m13-1263-0001-10
    Obverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)
  • m13-1263-0001-20
    Reverse. (©Archaeological Exploration of Sardis/President and Fellows of Harvard College)

Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Trachy, scyphate of Nicaea

Monograph 13: Coins from the Excavations at Sardis: Their Archaeological and Economic Contexts (2018) Cat. 1263.0001
Date
1222 AD - 1254 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1979.2109
Material
Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Trachy, scyphate
Coin Mint
Nicaea
Issuers
John III Doukas Vatatzes
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1263
Site
Sardis
Sector
MMS/N
Trench
MMS/N 79.W
B-Grid Coordinates
E128.5 / S16.8 *97.78
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Bust of young Christ facing, with scroll in l. IC XC; Reverse: Half-length bust facing of emperor in stemma, divitision, sagion with scepter in r. and gl. cr. with patriarchal cross in l. [...]TIO[...]?.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 2.39g; Diameter: 25mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hendy 1969, p. 243, type J, although does not mention rev. legend
Author
JDE

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