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Hyperpyron of John III (Second Coinage. B)

Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1232–1254?
Mint: Magnesia

Medium/Technique Gold
Dimensions Diameter: 26 mm; Weight: 4.09 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.372
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismaticsCoins

DescriptionObverse: Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, seated upon throne without back; r. hand raised in benediction, holds Gospel 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. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion. Coin pierced.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in Greek across field "IC XC".