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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Empire of Trebizond| > ME47139
Empire of Trebizond, John II, 1280 - 1297 A.D.
|Empire| |of| |Trebizond|, |Empire| |of| |Trebizond,| |John| |II,| |1280| |-| |1297| |A.D.|, Marco Pollo passed through Trebizond in 1295. John's government confiscated 1000 gold hyperpyra, robbing Pollo's party of a significant portion of the fortune they had spent decades abroad risking their lives to acquire. Marco omitted the episode from his account, so not to detract from his successful image. It was revealed only years later in his uncle's will.
ME47139. Silver asper, cf. SBCV 2610, aVF, Trebizond (Trabzon, Turkey) mint, weight 2.915g, maximum diameter 22.6mm, die axis 180o, 1280 - 1297 A.D.; obverse A within circle / EV/ΓE-NI/O/Σ, St. Eugenius standing facing, long cross in right hand; reverse IW/OK/HN-NI/O/Σ (HN ligate), John standing facing, labarum headed scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right hand, Manus Dei (hand of God) upper right; ex Harmer Rooke Numismatists auction, NYC, 6 Jul 1988, lot 1207; rare variation; SOLD










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