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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     7989 Type:     Byzantine Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE Issuer:     Andronicus I, Comnenus Date Ruled:     AD 1183-1184 Metal:     Billon Denomination:     Aspron trachy Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     AD 1183-1184 Diameter:     30 mm Weight:     3.8 g Obverse Legend:     MP - ΘV Obverse Description:     The Virgin standing facing on dais, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium; she holds before her the nimbate head of the infant Christ, MP - ΘV (Mother of God) Reverse Legend:     ΑΝ∆ΡΟΝΙΚΟΧ ∆ΣΧΠΟΤΗΧ Reverse Description:     Christ, with nimbus cr. on right and Andronicus on left; Christ wears pallium and colobium, holds book of Gospels and crowns the emperor; Andronicus wears divitision, loros and sagion and holds labarum and globus cruciger between their heads Mint:     Constantinople Primary Reference:     SBCV 1985 Reference2:     DOC IV, part 1, 3 Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=3013

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