Byzantine coin – HCR20906

Obverse

Design:

Double-headed eagle with splayed-out wings

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

Copper denomination

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

1.5

Axis

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

Reference

This specimen

Yes

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