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Byzantine coin – HCR20854

Obverse

Inscription:

Ο . ΓΙΟ | ЄVΓЄΝΙΟ

Design:

Full-length figure of St Eugenius, nimbate, wearing long tunic and mantle fastened at the front, holding long cross-topped (?) staff at his side. Siglon (?) in top right, within field ***Siglon: single pellet***

Reverse

Inscription:

Ο ΚΜΝ

Design:

Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing crown (with prependoulia), imperial tunic and chlamys (with jewelled collar), holding labarum with a long shaft and akakia. Hand of God emerging from segment of the heavens, blessing the emperor, in upper right field. Siglon in upper right, within field ***Siglon: single pellet***

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

Aspron

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.79

Axis

6

Diameter (mm)

23.7

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

Hoard name

BXL

Hoard name

Bruxelles Hoard

Reference

missing : pl. VIII, nos 71-73 (var), and pl. IX, no. 86 (var)

Note:

[Pfaffenhoffen]

Reference

missing : pl. LXVII, no. 14 (var)

Note:

[Sabatier]

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. 243, no. 39 (var)

Reference

O. Retowski - 1974 - Die Münzen Der Komnenen von Trapezunt : p. 37, no. 76

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 481, no. 2601 (siglon)

Reference

Simon Bendall - 2015 - An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond : p. 39, no. 20

Contributors to this coin record

abashir, jbaker, nristovska, cgallacher