SH68073. Billon aspron trachy, DOC IV-1 3c var. (inscription arrangement); CLBC I 7.3.1; Grierson 1130; SBCV 2003; Sommer 65.5, EF, scyphate, edge flaw and hole, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 3.532g, maximum diameter 29.7mm, die axis 180
o, 1st reign, 1185 - 1195; obverse the Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate, wears pallium and maphorium, holds before Her nimbate head of infant Christ,
MP -
ΘV (Greek abbreviation:
Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) high across field; reverse ICA/AKI/OC - ΔEC/ΠO/T/H, Isaac standing facing facing, wearing crown, divitision, loros, and sagion, cruciform scepter in left, akakia in right, crowned by hand of God above right, eight jewels on collar;
rare in this condition;
SOLD