FASAM-51B560: Byzantine copper coin of Andronicus and Michael obv

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COIN

Unique ID: FASAM-51B560

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

Copper alloy Byzantine assarion of Andronicus II and Michael IX, struck at Constantinople, AD 1295-1320.

Obv. [ ... ]; Andronicus on left, Michael on right, holding labarum between them

Rev. [ ]; ?Virgin Mary, orans

Grierson, Byzantine Coins (1982), p. 384 / pl. 93, cf. no. 1486; Sear p. 457, cf. no. 2437

Notes:

Coin identified for Martin Allen at Fitzwilliam Museum for EMC, but also added on PAS Database.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: BYZANTINE
Period from: BYZANTINE
Period to: BYZANTINE
Date from: Exactly AD 1295
Date to: Exactly AD 1320

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st January 1980 - Friday 31st December 1982

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: copper assarion
Ruler/issuer: Andronicus II and Michael IX
Mint or issue place: Constantinople
Obverse description: Andronicus on left, Michael on right, holding labarum between them
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: ?Virgin Mary, orans
Reverse inscription: [ ]

Coin references

Sear : Byzantine Coins p. 457, cf. no. 2437

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cambridgeshire (County)
District: Huntingdonshire (District)
Parish or ward: Great Staughton (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL1364
Four figure Latitude: 52.26256552
Four figure longitude: -0.34568976
1:25K map: TL1364
1:10K map: TL16SW
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Garden

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Created: 3 years ago
Updated: 3 years ago

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