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Copper Tetarteron of John III Vatatzes, Magnesia ad Meandron

Copper Tetarteron of John III Vatatzes, Magnesia ad Meandron

r. 1221-1254

John III

Byzantine

Obv.: Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, resting over shoulder, and in l., shield. Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, jeweled loros of simplified type, and sagion; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia.

Copper

Byzantine period, Middle

Coins