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Byzantine coin – HCR95540

Obverse

Inscription:

C | XC

Design:

Full-length figure of Christ in mandorla. Sigla in middle right

Reverse

Inscription:

I / W? | A? / N

Design:

Three-quarter-length figure of emperor, bearded, wearing crown (with single jewel at the top and prependoulia at the sides), imperial tunic (sakkos), collar-piece, and loros, holding cross-topped sceptre in left hand. Sigla in middle right

Information

Period

Byzantine

Category

Late Byzantine billon coin

Group

Authority

Byzantium: empire

Person

John VIII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, 1425-1448, John VII Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor, 1399-1403

Dating

1399-1403 or 1425-1448

Mint

Constantinople (Byzantine)

Denomination

Tornese (late Byzantine)

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.65

Diameter (mm)

15

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

2001

Source

Simon Bendall

Reference

S. Bendall and P.J. Donald - 1979 - The Later Palaiologan Coinage : pp. 174-175, no. 5

Reference

S. Bendall - 1988 - A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins : p. 71, no. 352

Reference

David R. Sear - 2006 - Byzantine Coins and their Values : p. 475, no. 2568

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. 226, and pl. 72, nos 1391-1393

Reference

E. Lianta - 2009 - Late Byzantine Coins 1204-1453 in the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford : p. 318, no. 1094

This specimen

Yes

Reference

J. Baker et al - 2017 - The Reformed Byzantine Silver-Based Currencies (ca. 1372-1379) in the Light of the Hoards from the Belgrade Gate : p. 315

This specimen

Yes

Contributors to this coin record

cgallacher, jbaker, nristovska