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Byzantine coin – HCR95424

Obverse

Inscription:

IC XC

Design:

Bust of Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and himation; holds Gospel-book in left hand ***Siglon Bendall 51/DOC 51***

Reverse

Inscription:

BACIΛEV[ ]ANOVHΛ[ ]O

Design:

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

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Late Byzantine silver coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, 1391-1425

Dating

1403-1425

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

Stavraton (1/2 hyperpyron) (late Byzantine)

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

3.71

Diameter (mm)

19

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. 293, no. 952

This specimen

Yes

Reference

S. Bendall and P.J. Donald - 1979 - The Later Palaiologan Coinage : pp. 160-161, no. 2

Reference

S. Bendall and P.J. Donald - 1979 - The Later Palaiologan Coinage : p. 64, siglon 51, and p. 65, no. 334.26

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 473, no. 2551

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 : pp. 217-220, and p. 221, siglon 51, pl. 75, nos 1453-1458

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, nristovska, jbaker