MK-FR | Byzanz: Andronicus II. Palaiologos ca. 1290-1294

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Byzanz: Andronicus II. Palaiologos ca. 1290-1294
	Freiburg, Seminar für Alte Geschichte der Universität Vault
Inventory no	11191
Obverse	AM/ΔPONI/K IANC – IC / XC / M / Г. Andronicus II. mit Krone kniet (proskynese) vor Christus, dieser mit Nimbus und Mantel (chlamys). Die r. Hand Christi liegt auf der Krone des Kaisers, in der l. Hand hält er eine Bibel.
Reverse	Büste der Jungfrau Maria mit Nimbus umgeben von der Stadtmauer von Konstantinopel mit sechs Türmen. Beiderseits MP - IW.
Sitter	Jesus Christ Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328)
Date	ca. 1290-1294
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 ; 4,20 g; 23-27 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thracia
Country	Turkey
Publications	Ph. Grierson, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection V-2 (1999) Nr. 229-234, vgl. zur Datierung: Grierson V-1 S. 128-131 (datiert ca. 1290-94).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, Late Middle Ages
previous Owner	Heinrich Wefels 1914 - 1931
Object number	ID9108
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