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Byzantine coin – HCR95529

Obverse

Inscription:

[ ]C 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 13 or 14/DOC V 6a or 6b***

Reverse

Inscription:

IW A[ ]

Design:

Bust of emperor, bearded, 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

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

Metal

silver

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.62

Diameter (mm)

13

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

2001

Source

Simon Bendall

Hoard name

Constantine XI (DOC V, p. 19)

Reference

E. Lianta - 2009 - Late Byzantine Coins 1204-1453 in the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford : p. 316, no. 1082

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. 69, siglon 13 or 14, and p. 71, no. 350

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 475, no. 2566

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. 233-234, siglon 6a or 6b

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, jbaker, nristovska