Byzantine coin – HCR95498

Obverse

Inscription:

IC X[ ]

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 7/DOC V 2c***

Reverse

Inscription:

[ ]ΛEOΛOΓOC +ΘVXAPITH[ ]PW

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 VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, 1425-1448

Dating

1425-1448

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

Stavraton (1/2 hyperpyron) (late Byzantine)

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

6.65

Diameter (mm)

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Classical Numismatics Group

Hoard name

Çorlu (DOC V, p. 19)

Reference

E. Lianta - 2009 - Late Byzantine Coins 1204-1453 in the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford : p. 310, no. 1051

This specimen

Yes

Reference

S. Bendall and P.J. Donald - 1979 - The Later Palaiologan Coinage : pp. 172-173, no. 1

Reference

S. Bendall - 1988 - A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins : p. 69, siglon 7, and p. 70, nos 348.9, 348.19, 348.21, 348.24

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 475, nos 2563-2564

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. 232, siglon 2c, and pl. 83, nos 1647-1648

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, jbaker, nristovska