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Tornese - Andronikos II Monogram
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1282-1295 |
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| Value | Tornese (1⁄96) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of the emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos standing in imperial regalia, holding a labarum staff in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. The figure is rendered in the late Byzantine hieratic tradition, with the inscription commencing at the lower left of the field. The Greek legend ANΔΡONΙKOC runs partially around the periphery, identifying the ruler by name. |
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| Reverse description | Central field occupied by a large Palaiologos dynastic monogram, composed of interlaced Greek letters forming the abbreviation ΠΑΛ for the imperial house of Palaiologos. Three six-pointed stars are disposed around the monogram in the field, serving as decorative and heraldic filler elements. The coin is struck within a beaded border on an irregularly shaped flan typical of late Byzantine hammered billon coinage. The design is bold and deeply engraved despite the small module, reflecting the imperial iconographic program of the Palaiologan dynasty. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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