Byzantine coin – HCR20830

Obverse

Inscription:

ΜΗΡ | ΘV

Design:

Full-length, nimbate figure of the Virgin wearing tunic and maphorion, seated on backless throne and holding aureole with Christ child upon her chest

Reverse

Inscription:

ΧϹ

Design:

Three-quarter-length figures of the emperor, to left, and Christ, bearded and nimbate, to right. The emperor wears imperial tunic, collarpiece and loros, holding labarum and orb; Christ wears tunic and himation, and holds Gospelbook

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond

Person

Andronikos I Gidon, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1222-1235

Dating

1222-1235

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Billon trachy

Metal

bronze

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.28

Axis

Diameter (mm)

26.7

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 480, no. 2597

Reference

Simon Bendall - 2015 - An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond : pp. 31-32, no. 9 and fig. d, var. 1b

Contributors to this coin record

abashir, jbaker, nristovska