Byzantine coin – HCR20866

Obverse

Inscription:

Ο ΑΓΙ . . | ΓΙ

Design:

Half-length figure of St George, nimbate, wearing cuirass and mantle fastened at the front, holding spear and shield

Reverse

Inscription:

Ο . ЄVΓ

Design:

Three-quarter-length figures of emperor, to left, and St. Eugenius, to right. The emperor wears crown (with prependoulia), imperial tunic, collarpiece and loros, holds labarum; St Eugenius wears long tunic and mantle fastened at the front, holds long cross at side, between himself and the emperor

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond

Person

George, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1266-1280

Dating

1266-1280

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Billon trachy

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.99

Axis

Diameter (mm)

25.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

Reference

Simon Bendall - 2015 - An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond : 28

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : 2606

Reference

O. Retowski - 1974 - Die Münzen Der Komnenen von Trapezunt : No. 1, p. 71

Contributors to this coin record

abashir, jbaker, nristovska