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Hyperpyron - Andronikos II and Michael IX
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 1295-1320 |
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| Composition | Gold |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) depicted orans, with both hands raised in prayer, set within a stylized representation of the walls of Constantinople rendered in dotted and turreted form. The figure is rendered in the hieratic Byzantine tradition, with heavy drapery folds and a nimbus, occupying the concave centre of the scyphate flan. Greek inscriptions appear in the fields flanking the figure. |
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| Reverse description | The enthroned or standing figure of Christ occupies the central field, depicted facing and nimbed, extending both arms outward to crown the two imperial co-rulers standing at either side. Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos kneels to the left and co-emperor Michael IX kneels to the right, both shown in imperial loros costume with proskynesis gesture. The composition emphasizes divine legitimation of joint imperial authority, rendered in the formal, hierarchical style characteristic of late Byzantine coinage. Greek inscriptions identifying the emperors appear in the fields. |
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| Mintage | ND (1295-1320) |
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