Aspron Trachy - Isaac Comnenus (Usurpation of Cyprus)
Country: Byzantine Empire
Denomination: Aspron Trachy
(1/120)
Year: (1187-1191)
Material: Billon
Weight: 3.9 g
Shape: Round
Diameter: 34 mm
Type: Common coin
Catalog list: byzantine empire
Description:
Obverse
Virgin nimbate, seated on throne without back, wearing pallium and maphorium, head of Christ on breast, beardless and nimbate.
Inscription on either side of shoulders; beaded border.
Reverse
Isaac on the left, standing facing, crowned with stemma, wearing divitision and chlamys, holding akakia with right hand; St George on right, standing facing, beardless, nimbate, in military attire, holding sword with left hand; between them, both jointly holdinga patriarchal cross on long shaft set on globe at base.
Inscriptions on either side; beaded border.
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