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Aspron Trachy / Ασπρον Τραχύ EL 31

SHH 2085

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4.24 g   30.2-31.5 mm  12:00 o'clock   VF Christ seated on throne, holding book of Gospels in left hand, right hand Raised in benediction; [IC] / XC on either side of nimbus; double border of dots. John on left and St. George on right, both standing facing, holding long patriarchal cross on three steps between them; Iω / ΔEC / ΠO / TH in left field, Θ / E (retrograde) Γ / P (retrograde) ω (ligate) / ΙΓ (retrograde) / in left; double border of dots. Mint of Constantinopolis. Double strike (obverse). BMC 46/47; Dumbarton Oaks IV/1 8c (rev. inscription as 8b.1); Sear Byzantine 1942