MK-K | Lateinisches Kaiserreich 1204-1261 n. Chr.

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Lateinisches Kaiserreich 1204-1261 n. Chr.
	Köln, Institut für Altertumskunde
Inventory no	KR_B0225a
Obverse	Nimbierte Christusbüste frontal, mit Pallium und Colobium. Im Feld IC-XC mit Ligaturstrich.
Reverse	Erzengel Michael frontal stehend, nimbiert und in Militärkleidung; er hält Szepter in der Rechten und Kreuzglobus in der Linken.
Class/status	Imperial issue (medieval/modern)
Date	1204-1261 n. Chr.
Denomination	Billon-Trachy Billon-Trachy A Byzantine billon denomination, of the reform of Alexios I Komnenos (1081-1118), concave, 1/48 Hyperpyron, with ca. 6-7% silver, but it will soon degrade to 2.5-3%, 1/128 of Hyperpyron. Further debasement to 2-3% silver, value drops to 1/184 Hyperpyron. Production will stop under Alexios III (1195-1203). It was also produced during the divided empire in Nicaea, Epirus, Thessalonica. Such concave copper trachea were also called Stamena according to the Florentine 14th century merchant Francesco Balducci Pegolotti. Compare DOC V-1 (1999) pp. 28, 32.
	Billon ; 1,18 g; 9 mm; 6 h
Production	struck
Secondary treatments	re-cut/tooled
Mint	Constantinople
Region	Thrace
Country	Turkey
Publications	DOC IV-2, 16 (großer Typ, Konstantinopel, Typ P).
Item	Coin
Department	Medieval Period, Late Middle Ages
Provenance	Sammlung Krengel
previous Owner	1. Elke Krengel - 2008 2. Jochen Krengel - 2008
Object number	ID287
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