Aspron Trachy - Alexios III Angelos Constantinopolis, IC-XC alone obverse lettering

€80,948.00
IssuerByzantine Empire
Year1195-1203
TypeStandard circulation coin
ValueAspron Trachy (1⁄120)
CurrencyFirst Hyperpyron Nomisma (1092-cca. 1300)
CompositionBillon
Weight3.67 g
Dimensions27 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueConcave
Hammered (scyphate)
Orientation
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) BCV#2011, BMC Byz#15
Obverse descriptionNimbate bust of Christ facing, right hand raised, holding scroll in left.
Obverse script
Obverse letteringIC-XC
Reverse descriptionAlexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding a labarum and the two holding a cross on globe (sometimes a patriarchal cross on globe, as on the coin above) between them.
Reverse script
Reverse letteringΑΛΕΖΙΟС ΔΕСΠ Ο ΚΩΝΤΑΝΤΙ
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1195-1203)  - Constantinopolis -
Catalog ID2543126740
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