Byzantine coin – HCR20994

Obverse

Dynasty

Megalokomnenoi

Reign

John IV

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond

Person

John IV, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1446-1458

Dating

1446-1458

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Metal

copper

Technique

struck

Weight (g)

0.89

Axis

Diameter (mm)

14.4

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

7/1967

Source

Tabriz

Acquisition note

Acquired from Peter Donald who obtained it from Nick Rhodes who bought it in Tabriz (northwestern Iran)

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