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Aspron Trachy of Manuel I (Type C. Variety A)
Byzantine
Byzantine Period
A.D. 1160–1164?
Mint: Constantinople
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 30 mm; Weight: 4.3 gm; Die Axis: 6
Credit Line
Edward Jackson Holmes Collection—Bequest of Mrs. Edward Jackson Holmes
Accession Number65.381
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
DescriptionObverse: Full-length figure of Christ, standing on dais, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds Gospels in l. hand. Two 8-pointed stars in field. Pellet in each limb of nimbus cross. Reverse: Full-length figure of emperor, bearded, on l., and of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft with dot and large globe at base. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds sheathed sword in r. hand. Saint wears short military tunic and breastplate; holds sheathed sword in l. hand.
InscriptionsObverse: Inscribed in Greek above "IC XC".