Aspron Trachy of Andronicus I Comnenus from Constantinople Artist: Unknown
Mint: Constantinople (Thrace)
Ruler: Andronicus I Comnenus, 1183–1185

1185–95

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Billon

Dimensions

4.42 g, 7:00, 29.3 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.21841

Geography

Made in Constantinople, Thrace, Retailed in Athens, Greece

Culture

Byzantine

Period

12th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: MP OP in field. Full-leangth figure of Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, standing on dias; holds beardless, nimbate head of Christ on breast.

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: Legend in upper r. field. Full-length figure of emperor on l., crowned by Christ bearded and nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., gl. cr. Christ wearing tunic and kolobion, holds Gospels in l. hand.
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1926–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

aspron, coins, money

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