BZ76758. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, DOC IV-1 8; Lianta 189; SBCV 2068; Hendy pl. 31, 8; Sommer 69.4; Wroth BMC -; Ratto -, aF, scyphate, Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa, Turkey) mint, weight 2.910g, maximum diameter 25.3mm, die axis 180
o, c. 1204 - Nov 1221 A.D.; obverse EMMA-NYHΛ, nimbate bust of Christ facing, beardless, scroll in left hand, five pellets in each limb of nimbus cross, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Ihsoús Xristós - Jesus Christ) flanking across field; reverse ΘEOΔWPOC - O - ΘEOΔWPOC, Theodore and St. Theodore standing facing, each with outer hand on sheathed sword and inner hand holding patriarchal cross set on three steps between them; Emperor wears stemma, divitsion, and chlamys; Saint wears short military tunic, breastplate and sagion; this is the first specimen of this type handled by Forum;
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