Byzantine Bronze/Copper Alloy Trachy, scyphate of Constantinople

Date
1230 AD - 1237 AD, Byzantine
Sardis or Museum Inv. No.
1981.C81.0024
Material
Billon or Bronze/Copper Alloy
Object Type
Coin
Coin Denomination
Trachy, scyphate
Coin Mint
Constantinople
Issuers
Manuel Doukas
Officina
Has Mint Mark
no
Has Control Mark
no
Has Monogram
no
Has Countermark
no
Hoard
Monograph 13 Catalog No.
1267
Site
Sardis
Description
This coin type: Obverse: Christ enthroned, star to l. and r.; Reverse: Emperor crowned by Virgin; he holds akakia in r., gl. cr. in l., wears loros and divitsion. She wears pallium and maphorium, blesses with her l.
Condition
Good
Dimensions
Weight: 2.99g; Diameter: 26mm.
Comments
See Also
Bibliography
Hendy 1969, p. 119
Author
JDE