1183 AD - 1185 AD

Andronicus I Comnenus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
 Ανδρόνικος A' ο Κομνηνός   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Aspron Trachy / Ασπρον Τραχύ BL 29
 SHH 830

830 Andronicus I Constantinopolis Aspron Trachy BL

Parameter
Obverse

Reverse


Notes
Reference,
 4.20 g   28.5-29.6 mm   5:00 oclock   VF
The Virgin, nimbate, standing facing, holding nimbate head of Christ on breast;
M-P / ΘV with overbars either side; double border of dots.
Andronicus standing facing on left, holding labarum and globus cruciger,
being crowned by Christ standing facing on right; [IC / XP] either side of Christ's head;
[ΑΝΔΝΙΚOC // ΔΕCΠΟΤHC] to left and right; double border of dots.
 Mint of Constantinopolis.
BMC 5/9; Dumbarton Oaks IV/1 3; Sear Byzantine  1985,