Byzantine coin – HCR20841

Obverse

Inscription:

Ο ΑΓΙ . | ЄVΓЄΝ . .

Design:

Bust of St Eugenius, nimbate, wearing tunic and mantle, holding cross at his chest

Reverse

Inscription:

. . Ν | Ο Κ

Design:

Three-quarter-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing crown (with prependoulia), imperial tunic and chlamys (?), holding labarum and cross-topped orb. Hand of God blessing the emperor in upper right field

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond

Person

Manuel I, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1238-1263

Dating

1238-1263

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Billon trachy

Metal

bronze

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.56

Axis

6

Diameter (mm)

26.1

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

Reference

Warwick Wroth - 1911 - Catalogue of the Coins of the Vandals, Ostrogoths and Lombards and of the Empires of Thessalonica, Nicaea and Trebizond in the British Museum : p. 257, no. 99, and pl. XXXV, no. 5

Reference

O. Retowski - 1974 - Die Münzen Der Komnenen von Trapezunt : p. 69, no. 221

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 481, no. 2604

Reference

Simon Bendall - 2015 - An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond : p. 39, no. 22

Contributors to this coin record

abashir, jbaker, nristovska