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Byzantine coin – HCR95370

Obverse

Inscription:

[ ] X[ ]

Design:

Bust of Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; holds Gospel-book in left hand ***Siglon Bendall 12?/DOC 12?***

Reverse

Inscription:

IW ΔEC?

Design:

Bust of emperor, 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

Aspron (1/8 stavraton = 1/16 hyperpyron) (late Byzantne)

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.59

Diameter (mm)

14

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. 308, no. 1042

This specimen

Yes

Reference

S. Bendall and P.J. Donald - 1979 - The Later Palaiologan Coinage : pp. 174-175, no. 3

Reference

S. Bendall - 1988 - A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins : p. 67, siglon 12, and p. 68, nos 347.7

Reference

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

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 12, and pl. 72, nos 1364-1374

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, nristovska, jbaker