MK-FR | Byzanz: Iohannes II. Comnenus ca. 1122-1137 n. Chr.

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Byzanz: Iohannes II. Comnenus ca. 1122-1137 n. Chr.
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11133
Obverse	IW / ΔEC/ΠOT/ TW / Π-ΦV/PO/ΓE/NH/T [Ioanno Despote to Porphyrogento. NH ligiert]. Iohannes II. Comnenus (l.) mit Krone und Stola (loros), in seiner r. Hand ein Feldzeichen (labarum) und in seiner l. ein Beutel (akakia), wird von der Jungfrau Maria (r., mit Nimbus) bekrönt. Oben M Θ (Mutter Gottes).
Reverse	Der bärtige Christus mit Nimbus sitzt auf einem Thron, die r. Hand im Segensgestus erhoben, in seiner l. Hand die Bibel, in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC.
Sitter	Jesus Christ John Comnenus (1118-1143)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	John Comnenus (1118-1143)
Date	ca. 1122-1137 n. Chr.
Denomination	Hyperpyron Hyperpyron A Byzantine gold denomination of the 1092 reform of Alexios I Komnenus (1081-1118), produced until 1355, during the reign of John V (1341-1376). The nominal value of the Hyperpyron is 24 carats, its actual value is ca. 20 ½. Gold content will steadily decrease in time, down to 11 carats. Because of the concave fabric, it is also termed trachy Hyperpyron. It will remain the money of account after 1355. It was not struck under John VI sole reign (1390) or in the later years of John V (1390-1391). Also produced under the divided empire in Nicaea and Bulgaria.
	Gold ; 4,30 g; 30 mm; 5 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 256 Nr. 2 (Second Coinage - 1122-37 n. Chr.?).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels 1917 - 1931
Object number	ID8363
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