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Aspron Trachy (reverse) with Emperor (left) and St. Demetrius (right)
Byzantine, Thessalonike
Reign of Theodore Comnenus-Ducas, emperor of Thessaloniki
A.D. 1224/25?
Mint: Greece, Thessaloniki
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 31 mm; Weight: 3.34 gm; Die Axis: 5
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.434
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: IC XC in field. Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross IC to l., AK to r., above throne. (double-struck)
Reverse: [ ]KAC O Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Demetrius, beardless and nimbate, holding between them cross-within-circle, surmounting triangular decoration on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type. Saint (standing on dais) wears short military tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds sword in l. hand, resting over shoulder.
Reverse: [ ]KAC O Full-length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Demetrius, beardless and nimbate, holding between them cross-within-circle, surmounting triangular decoration on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, and jeweled loros of traditional type. Saint (standing on dais) wears short military tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds sword in l. hand, resting over shoulder.
Provenance1935, anonymous gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 4, 1935)