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Trachy of Theodore Kommenos-Doukas, Magnesia

Trachy of Theodore Kommenos-Doukas, Magnesia

r. 1205 - 1221

Theodore I

Byzantine

Obv.: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in l. hand. Pellets in each limb of nimbus cross. Rev.: Full length figure of emperor on l., and of St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, holding between them patriarchal cross on long shaft, at the base of which, three steps. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, chlamys; holds sheathed sword, point downward, in r. hand. Saint wears short military tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds sheathed sword, point downward, in l. hand.

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Byzantine period, Middle

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