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Silver/Billon Tornese of Andronikos II
BSBC: 1 Sear: — DO V: — LBC: — LPC: — PCPC: —
Mint: Constantinople
Obverse: Winged Patriarchal Cross / (No legend)
Reverse: Emperor seated on backed throne with sword across lap / AN ΔN(?)
First known example. Unpublished.
Silver/Billon Tornese of Andronikos II
BSBC: 1 Sear: — DO V: — LBC: — LPC: — PCPC: —
Mint: Constantinople
Obverse: Winged Patriarchal Cross / (No legend)
Reverse: Emperor seated on backed throne with sword across lap / AN ΔN(?)
Second known example. Unpublished
Silver Basilikon of Michael IX
BSBC: 1 Sear: — DO V: — LBC: — LPC: — PCPC: —
Mint: Constantinople
Obverse: Saint George holding spear (and shield?) / G
Reverse: Winged Emperor standing, holding Fleur De Lis tipped scepter and globus cruciger / X(?)
Unique. Unpublished
Silver Trachy of John III Vatazes
BSBC: 1 Sear: — DO IV: — LBC: —
Mint: Magnesia
Obverse: Virgin Mary Hagiosortissa in orans, standing and facing / MHP – OV
Reverse: Emperor John (wearing Stemma, divitsion, jeweled loros of a simple type, and saigon) holding a star tipped tipped scepter and Patriarchal cross globus cruciger / Iω ΔECPOTH O ΔOUKAC, IC – XC
S. Bendall, “Some unpublished late Byzantine coins,” NumCirc (August 2002), no. 3; otherwise unpublished. Second known example after Triton XX lot 1096
Silver Trachy of John III Vatazes
BSBC: 1 Sear: — DO IV: — LBC: —
Mint: Magnesia
Obverse: Virgin Mary seated on a backed throne with the infant Christ at breast / MHP – OV
Reverse: Emperor John (wearing Stemma, divitsion, jeweled loros of a simple type, and saigon) holding a cross tipped scepter and anexakakia, crowned by Christ holding the Book of Gospels / Iω ΔECPOTH O ΔOUKAC, IC – XC
Second known example. Unpublished.