Byzantine coin – HCR95361

Obverse

Inscription:

IC XC

Design:

Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; right hand raised in gesture of benediction, holds Gospel-book in left hand ***Siglon Bendall 6/DOC 6***

Reverse

Inscription:

IWANICB[ ]ΛEVCOΠAΛEOΛOΓ[ ]

Design:

Bust of emperor, bearded and nimbate, wearing crown (with prependoulia) and tunic with wide, scalloped collar

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Late Byzantine silver coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, 1399-1403

Dating

1399-1403

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

1/2 stavraton (1/4 hyperpyron) (late Byzantine)

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.75

Diameter (mm)

20

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

2001

Source

Simon Bendall

Reference

E. Lianta - 2009 - Late Byzantine Coins 1204-1453 in the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford : p. 307, no. 1035

This specimen

Yes

Reference

S. Bendall - 1988 - A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins : p. 67, siglon 6, and p. 68, no. 346.6

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 474, no. 2562

Reference

P. Grierson - 1999 - Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks collection and the Whittemore collection. Volume Five. Michael VIII to Constantine XI 1258-1453 : p. 227, siglon 6, and pl. 71, no. 1328

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, nristovska, jbaker