1118 AD - 1143 AD

Ioannes II Comnenus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Ιωάννης ΙΙ Κομνηνός  Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία


Aspron Trachy / Ασπρον Τραχύ BL 29
SHH 3492

3492 Ioannes II Constantinopolis Aspron Trachy BL


Parameter
Obverse


Reverse

Notes
Reference
5.31 g   27.5-29.4 mm  5:00 o'clock   VF
Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding book of Gospels in left hand;
right hand raised in benediction; IC / XC with overbars either side of nimbus;
double border of dots.
Facing bust of Ioannes wearing crown and loros; cruciform sceptre in right hand;
globus cruciger in left; inscription not legible; double border of dots.
Minted in Constantinopolis 1137/1143 AD.
BMC 53/56; Dumbarton Oaks IV/1 10b;
Sear Byzantine 1944