Byzantine coin – HCR20905

Obverse

Inscription:

. . | ΝΙΟ

Design:

Half-length figure of St Eugenius, wearing tunic and mantle, holding long cross

Inscription:

Α . | .

Design:

Three-quarter-length figure of emperor, wearing crown (with prependoulia), imperial tunic, collarpiece and loros, holding sceptre (?) and akakia (?)

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond

Person

Alexios II, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1297-1330

Dating

1297-1330

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Billon trachy

Metal

bronze

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

1.47

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

Reference

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