DOCIV John II (15), p. 271, pl. VI (Thessalonica Type A)
Contributor Notes
2012 (late May-early June): R. Weir studied, with reference to KenchreaiIII.
Contributor Notes
2024: JLR described and identified coin.
Description
Clipped down into uneven and vague hexagon, with several segments rounded.
Preservation description
Wear: aG. Slightly nicked edge; somewhat extensive, moderate pitting to cratering; large areas of flaking on both faces. Wide areas of bluish green bronze disease across both faces.
Published as
KenchreaiIII, p. 78, no. 1229 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Byzantine“)
Facing half-length figure of Christ, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion and holding open Gospels in left hand; within thin band border
Obverse Inscription
[ΙⲤ] - Χ[Ⲥ]
Reverse Description
Facing half-length figure of emperor, crowned, wearing stemma, divitision, and [loros] and holding [labarum in right hand and] globus cruciger in left hand; within thin band border (traces)
