Aspron Trachy - Alexios III Angelos Constantinopolis; IC-XC alone obverse lettering

Features

Issuer Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states)
Emperor Alexios III Angelos (1195-1203)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1195-1203
Value Aspron Trachy (1⁄120)
Currency First Hyperpyron Nomisma (1092-cca. 1300)
Composition Billon
Weight 3.67 g
Diameter 27 mm
Shape Concave
Technique Hammered (scyphate)
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
80948
References BCV# 2011,
David R. Sear, Simon Bendall, Michael Dennis O'Hara; 2006. Byzantine coins and their values (2nd edition). Seaby, London, United Kingdom.
BMC Byz# 15
Warwick Wroth; 1908. Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum / Volume 1. British Museum, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Nimbate bust of Christ facing, right hand raised, holding scroll in left.

Lettering: IC-XC

Reverse

Alexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding a labarum and the two holding a cross on globe (sometimes a patriarchal cross on globe, as on the coin above) between them.

Lettering: ΑΛΕΖΙΟС ΔΕСΠ Ο ΚΩΝΤΑΝΤΙ

Mint

Constantinopolis (Βυζάντιον, Κωνσταντινούπολις), modern-day Istanbul, Turkey (330-1453)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1195-1203)  $ 5.40 $ 5.40 Constantinopolis

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