BZ19643. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, SBCV 2050; DOC IV, pt. 2, 36b; Hendy, type G, pl. 29, 19 - 20; Sommer 68.27; Wolkow 369 ff., VF, scyphate, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 1.721g, maximum diameter 20.8mm, die axis 180
o, obverse nimbate Virgin enthroned facing, holding nimbate bust of Christ in her crossed arms,
MP -
ΘV (Greek abbreviation:
Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field; reverse Emperor Theodore, holding labarum, and St. Theodore, holding spear, together holding long scepter topped with a Patriarchal Cross;
scarce with this quality of strike and preservation;
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