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Coin: 13308

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Notes: Obverse obscure
Object Type: coin
Denomination: billon trachy
Metal: Billon
Region: Byzantium
State: Thessalonica
City: Thessalonica
Ruler: John Comnenus-Ducas (1237 to 1244)
Date: 1237 to 1242
Obverse Figure Description: Christ, Bust, facing, IC XC in field. Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in left hand
Reverse Figure Description: Emperor and saint, half-length, facing, Half-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand labarum-headed scepter, and in left, anexikakia
Reverse Legend: IWΛNNIC ΔECΠOTHC
Citations: DOC 4, Michael Hendy, Alexius I to Michael VIII, 1081-1261, 1999 vol. 4, part 2, p. 587 John Ducas 11
References: DOC 4

Size: 23 in mm
Die Axis: 6
Weight: 1.72 in grams
Accession: Accession number: 325, Gift of: unknown
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