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Byzantine coin – HCR20870

Obverse

Inscription:

Ο ΑΓΙΟ | ЄVΓЄΝΙΟ

Design:

Full-length figure of St Eugenius, bearded and nimbate, wearing long tunic and mantle fastened at the front, holding long cross at his side. Siglon in middle left, within field ***Siglon: four pellets in vertical sequence***

Reverse

Inscription:

ΙWΑΝΙϹ | Ο ΚΜΝΙϹ

Design:

Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing crown (with prependoulia), imperial tunic and chlamys, holding long cross and akakia. Hand of God emerging from segment of the heavens, blessing the emperor, in upper right field. Siglon in bottom left, within field ***Siglon: star??***

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond

Person

John II, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1280-1297

Dating

1280-1297

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Aspron

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

2.66

Axis

6

Diameter (mm)

23.3

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1951

Source

Milne

Reference

Simon Bendall - 2015 - An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond : 31

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.233 no.3

Note:

Wroth erroneously lists asprons of John II as John I.

Contributors to this coin record

abashir, jbaker, nristovska