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Aspron Trachy - Andronikos II Constantinople
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 1282-1295 |
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| Shape | Concave |
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| Reverse lettering | ΑΝΔΡΟΝΙΚΟC ΔΕCΠΟΤΗC Ο ΠΑΛΑΙΟΛΟΓΟC |
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| Mint | Constantinople |
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Andronikos II inherited an empire already hemorrhaging territory and revenue, and his response — abolishing the Byzantine navy in 1285 to cut costs — left the Aegean open to Genoese and later Ottoman encroachment. The aspron trachy itself was by this point a debased ghost of the original electrum nomisma, reduced through successive devaluations over two centuries to this bronze scryphate form.
BCV 2352 is among the more common trachy types of the Palaeologan period, reflecting continued mint output despite fiscal collapse. The scyphate fabric makes clean strikes difficult, and misaligned dies are routine on this type rather than exceptional.