Details

Notes

• Two tickets attached to this coin. One states 639 on top of Donald's ID. and on the back possible acquisition number: 670489/CM,
• On obverse scratches at 8-9 o'clock; on reverse scratches/graffiti at 3-5 o'clock

Object Type

coin

Denomination

hyperpyron

Metal

Gold

Region

Byzantium

State

City

Constantinople

Ruler

Andronikos II Palaiologos (1259 to 1328)

Date

1282 to 1294

Obverse Figure Description

Virgin Mary, Bust, facing, Bust of Virgin with the walls of Constantinople (6 castles). M̅P̅ Θ̅Υ̅ often replaced by dots or omitted

Obverse Symbol

Siglon: A M in lower left and right field

Reverse Figure Description

Christ blessing Andronicus II, Christ standing, holding book in right hand and placing his on the head of the emperor nimbate, crouching in proskynesis to left, below I̅C̅ X̅C̅.

Reverse Legend

+ANΔPONIKOC ΔΕCΠOTIC O ΠAΛAIOΛOΓOC ΕN XW TW ΘV ΠICTOC followed by despotes or basileus, usually garbled. Columnar inscription above the emperor, broken in various manners

Reverse Symbol

Siglon: N/A

Citations

• DOC 5, Philip Grierson, Michael VIII to Constantine IX 1258-1453, 1999 228 (220-228 Sigla 14)
• Sear, David R. Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 1987 cf. 2236

References

• DOC 5
• Sear