Aspron Trachy - John II Komnenos

Features

Issuer Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states)
Emperor John II Komnenos (1118-1143)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1118-1143
Value Aspron Trachy (1⁄120)
Currency First Hyperpyron Nomisma (1092-cca. 1300)
Composition Billon
Weight 2.8 g
Diameter 22 mm
Shape Concave
Technique Hammered (scyphate)
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
234665
References Sommer Byz# 60.13,
Andreas Urs Sommer; 2010. Die Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches 491-1453. Battenberg, Regenstauf, Germany.
BCV# 1952
David R. Sear, Simon Bendall, Michael Dennis O'Hara; 2006. Byzantine coins and their values (2nd edition). Seaby, London, United Kingdom.

Obverse

Mary, nimbate, seated facing, holding before her the nimbate head of the infant Christ

Lettering: MP-QV

Reverse

John standing facing, crowned, in divitision and loros, holding labarum and cross on globe.

Lettering:
IW DEC PO TH TW POP to left

ThV PO GE NH T to right

Mint

Thessalonica, Macedonia, modern-day Thessaloniki, Greece

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1118-1143) 

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