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Trachy of John Komnenos-Doukas of Thessalonike

Trachy of John Komnenos-Doukas of Thessalonike

r. 1237 - 1244

John Komnenos-Doukas

Byzantine

Obv.: Bust of Virgin nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion. Two stars under field inscription. Rev.: Full-length figure of winged emperor, wearing stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum-headed scepter, and in l., anexikakia.

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Byzantine period, Middle

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