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Byzantine coin – HCR65994

Obverse

Inscription:

M-P ΘV

Design:

Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and mapharion, seated upon throne with back. Holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breat

Reverse

Inscription:

MANOVHΔECΠΟΤΗ

Design:

Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision and chlamys; holds labarum on long shaft in right hand, and globus cruciger in left

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Latin imitative

Group

Authority

Constantinople: Latin empire

Person

Henry of Flanders, Latin emperor of Constantinople, 1205-1216

Dating

1205-1206

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

Billon trachy

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.93

Diameter (mm)

31.3

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1999

Source

Simon Bendall ex Yenimahalle Hoard

Hoard name

Yenimahalle

Reference

E. Lianta - 2009 - Late Byzantine Coins 1204-1453 in the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford : 1

This specimen

Yes

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : 73

This specimen

Yes

Reference

M. Hendy - 1969 - Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire 1081-1261 : pl. 25.6-10

Reference

M.F. Hendy - 1999 - Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Volume Four Alexius I to Michael VIII 1081-1261 :

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker, nristovska