1 Billon Aspron Trachy, Byzantine Empire, 1118 - 1143
date: label: date made
content: 1118 - 1143
label: period of administration
content: 1118 - 1134
name: label: head of government
content: John II
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) billon aspron trachy coin, John II Comnenus
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1118 - 1143
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Christ wearing a nimbus cross, pallium, and colobium; he raises his right hand in benediction and in left hand holds the book of Gospels; on either side of nimbus : IC - XC. Face is worn and soiled.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: IC / XC
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Portrait bust of John II wearing crown and loros, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. Face is very worn.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: IW / ΔEC / ΠOT / T / ΠOPΦVPOΓNT
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Stack, Benjamin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.NU96288
label: accession number
content: 263961
label: catalog number
content: NU96288
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, billon (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal, silver (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 mm x 26.2 mm; in x 1 1/32 in