MK-TUE | Byzanz: Isaac II. 1185-1195 n. Chr.

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Byzanz: Isaac II. 1185-1195 n. Chr.
	Institut für Klassische Archäologie der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen Depot
Inventory no	ZWVerz. 2020_0007
Obverse	[...]. Isaac II. mit Krone, Gewand und Stola (loros) frontal stehend. In der r. Hand ein Kreuzzepter und in der l. Hand einen Beutel (akakia).
Reverse	[...]. Die Jungfrau Maria mit Nimbus auf einem Thron sitzend. Vor ihrer Brust hält sie den Kopf des Christuskindes mit Nimbus (?).
Sitter	Isaac II Angelus (1185-1195, 1203-1204)
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Isaac II Angelus (1185-1195, 1203-1204)
Date	1185-1195 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 ; 0,94 g; 15-20 mm; 6 h
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) 378 Nr. 3b.5.
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, High Middle Ages
Year of access	1997
Object number	ID2119
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