MK-MR | Byzanz: Johannes II. Comnenus ca. 1118-1143 n. Chr.

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Byzanz: Johannes II. Comnenus ca. 1118-1143 n. Chr.
	Marburg, Archäologisches Seminar der Philipps-Universität Tresor
Inventory no	M246
Obverse	[IW/ Δ]CC/[ΠO]T/ [T]W / [ΠO]P - [ΦV/PO/ΓC/NH/T]. [Ioanno Despote to Porphyrogento.]. Johannes Comnenus steht in Gewand und Loros mit Krone in der Vorderansicht. Er hält in der r. Hand ein labarumbekröntes Zepter und in der l. Hand einen Beutel (akakia).
Reverse	[MHP-ΘV]. [Meter Theou].. Die Jungfrau Maria mit Nimbus sitzt auf einem Thron ohne Lehnen in der Vorderansicht, vor ihre Brust hält sie den Kopf des Christuskindes mit Nimbus.
Sitter	John Comnenus (1118-1143)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	John Comnenus (1118-1143)
Date	ca. 1118-1143 n. Chr.
Denomination	Billon-Trachy Billon-Trachy A Byzantine billon denomination, of the reform of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), concave, 1/48 Hyperpyron, with ca. 6-7% silver, but it will soon degrade to 2.5-3%, 1/128 of Hyperpyron. Further debasement to 2-3% silver, value drops to 1/184 Hyperpyron. Production will stop under Alexios III (1195-1203). It was also produced during the divided empire in Nicaea, Epirus, Thessalonica. Such concave copper trachea were also called Stamena according to the Florentine 14th century merchant Francesco Balducci Pegolotti. Compare DOC V-1 (1999) pp. 28, 32.
	Billon ; 2,79 g; 27 mm; 5 h
Production	struck
Mint	Thessalonica
Region	Macedonia
Country	Greece
Publications	M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 267 Nr. 11 (Thessaloniki); D. R. Sear, Byzantine coins and their values ²(1987) 392 Nr. 1952.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Object number	ID286
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