Byzanz: Iohannes II. Comnenus

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Events

Created

When	1122-1137 [About]
Where	Constantinople

Commissioned

Who	John II Komnenos (1087-1143)

Owned

Who	Heinrich Wefels (-1931)
When	Before 1931

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	John II Komnenos (1087-1143)

Was depicted (Actor)

Who	Jesus Christ

Relation to places

Eastern Europe

Keywords

Billon-Trachy Christliche Ikonographie Coin Emperor High Middle Ages Metal Middle Ages Portrait

Description

Front: Büste des Iohannes II. Comnenus mit Krone, Gewand (divitision) und Stola (loros) in der Vorderansicht. In seiner r. Hand ein Kreuzstab und in seiner l. ein Globus (sphaira) mit Kreuz.
Rear: Büste des bärtigen Christus mit Nimbus im Segensgestus mit Bibel in der l. Hand in der Vorderansicht. Beiderseits IC - XC.

Inscription

Vorderseite: [IW ΔCCΠOT] T - ΠΦVPOΓNT (Ioanno Despote to Porphyrogento)

Material/Technique

Billon; struck

Measurements

Diameter: 29 mm
Weight: 2.81 g

Literature

M. F. Hendy, Catalogue of the Byzantine coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection IV-1 (1999) 265 Nr. 10 a (Second Coinage, Var. A - 1122-37n. Chr. ?).