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ID:     80000843
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Isaac II, Angelus
Date Ruled:     AD 1185-1195
Metal:     Electrum
Denomination:     EL Aspron Trachy
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     AD 1185-1195
Weight:     3.08 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     MP - ΘV
Obverse Description:     Theotokos enthroned facing, holding Holy Infant on lap; MP ΘV, each with – above, above throne back on either side
Reverse Legend:     ICΛΛK [O]C / O / X/M
Reverse Description:     Isaac, wearing short beard and loros, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, standing facing and being crowned and blessed by St. Michael the Archangel; O above; X/M in lower right field
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     DOC 2
Reference2:     SB 2002
Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group
Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=133066
Grade:     Good VF, toned. Well struck for issue
Notes:     Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 843 From the Norman Frank Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 51 (15 September 1999), lot 1758.