MK-B | Byzanz: Andronicos II. Palaiologos 1282-1294

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Byzanz: Andronicos II. Palaiologos 1282-1294
	Berlin, Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museen Coin Gallery Bode-Museum Room 243, BM64/46 The Byzantine Empire and the Latin East. 12-15th Cent.
Obverse	ANΔP/ONIKOC / ΔECΠ / O ΠΛI [Andronikos Despotes ho Palaiologos]. Christus steht mit der Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht. Seine r. Hand hält er über den Kopf den l. vor ihm knienden Kaisers Andronikos II.
Reverse	Büste der Mutter Gottes inmitten der Stadtmauer von Konstantinopel. Oben B - X, unten l. und r. je vier Punkte.
Sitter	Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328) Jesus Christ
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Authority	Andronicus II Palaeologus (1282-1328)
Date	1282-1294 Late Middle Ages
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 ; 4,13 g; 24 mm; 5 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. 229-232 (Constantinopolis, datiert 1282-1294).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, Late Middle Ages
Accession	1879/49
Vendor (to Museum)	Sabbas
Object number	18239535
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