Trachy - Andronikos II Palaiologos Constantinople

€1.00
IssuerByzantine Empire (Byzantine states)
Year1282-1294
TypeStandard circulation coin
ValueAspron Trachy (1⁄48)
CurrencyFirst Hyperpyron Nomisma (1092-cca. 1300)
CompositionCopper
Weight2.09 g
Dimensions23 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered (scyphate)
OrientationCoin alignment ↑↓
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) BCV#2335
Obverse descriptionFull-length figure of Theotokos, nimbate, in orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; (?)- B to either side; Manus Dei blesses in upper right field.
Obverse scriptGreek
Obverse letteringMHP ΘV = Μήτηρ Θεοῦ
(Translation: Mother of God)
Reverse descriptionFull-length figures of emperor and St. George; Emperor, bearded, wearing divitision, chlamys, maniakion, and stemma with pendilia, right hand holding cross-tipped-sceptre left holding akakia (?); St. George, nimbate, beardless, wearing body armour with pteryges, chiton, and Sagion, right hand outstretched to crown emperor (?) left holding sword downwards; in centre field a Cloud with star from which the Manus Dei extends to bless the emperor.
Reverse scriptGreek
Reverse lettering
(Translation: Andronicus, Despot Palaiologos (And) St. George)
Edge
Mint
MintageND (1282-1294)  - M B -
ND (1282-1294)  - Γ Μ -
Catalog ID6119503340
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