Byzantine coin – HCR21034

Obverse

Inscription:

Ο . V | ΓЄИΟ

Design:

Full-length figure of St Eugenius, nimbate, wearing long tunic and mantle, holding long cross at his side

Reverse

Inscription:

. . Ο | VΟ . ΟΗ

Design:

Full-length figure of empress, wearing open, panelled, tapering crown (with prependoulia), long gown, collarpiece, and loros, holding labarum. David's star in lower left, within field

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Coin of the Byzantine Empire at Trebizond, Counterfeit, Coin of the Kingdom of Georgia

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire at Trebizond, Georgia: kingdom

Person

John II, Byzantine emperor at Trebizond, 1280-1297, Theodora, Byzantine empress at Trebizond, 1285

Dating

1285-1297

Mint

Trebizond (Byzantine)

Denomination

Aspron

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.58

Axis

Diameter (mm)

20.7

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

8/2014

Source

Peter Donald

imitation

Reference

Simon Bendall - 2015 - An Introduction to the Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond : 92b

Reference

O. Retowski - 1974 - Die Münzen Der Komnenen von Trapezunt : 66

Contributors to this coin record

abashir, jbaker, nristovska