This phenomenon is known for the
trachy billon coins of this era. But there’s one feature, that worries me. With a different cut-off shape, however, the images on these two coins are identical to each other, and this is very strange. Everything coincides, up to the defect of the double strike, clearly visible to the left of the
head of the Virgin. It also coincides that which should not coincide in any way - two cracks in the bottom and on the left at the edges of the coin
flan. At first glance, one might think that this is just a casting with
Andronicus I Komnenos
billon trachy. In this case, Bendall's arguments about the difference with the
labarum and the labarum-scepter are not consistent. Both varieties of such
Andronicus I trachy exist, I checked it.
Here original
Andronicus I Komnenos
billon trachy: