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Hyperpyron of John III (Second Coinage)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1232–1254?
Object Place: Byzantine Empire, Constantinople (Istanbul), Middle East; Mint: Magnesia
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 26 mm; Weight: 4.37 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Anonymous gift in memory of Zoë Wilbour (1864–1885)
Accession Number35.437
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in l. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor on l., crowned by Virgin nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. held labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in Greek across field "IC XC".
ProvenanceAnonymous gift in memory of Zoe Wilbour (1864-1885).