1118 AD - 1143 AD |
Aspron Trachy BL 29 |
SHH 3894 |
Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference |
3.41 g 25.7-27.9
mm 6:00
o'clock F/VF The Virgin nimbate, seated on throne without back, holds beardless nimbate head of Christ on breast; [MHP / ΘV] with overbars on either side of nimbus; double border of dots. Full length figure of Ioannes facing, wearing stemma, divitision and loros; holds in right hand labarum-headed scepter and anexikakia in left; Iω (with overbar) // ΔCC // ΠOT // Τω // ΠOP on left; ΦV // ΡΟ // ΓC //ΝΗ // Τ on left; double border of dots. Mint of Thessalonica. BMC 60/61; DO IV/1 11; Ratto 2099; Sear Byzantine 1952 |