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Empire of Trebizond, Andronicus I Gidon Comnenus Heavy Aspron Trachy. Nicaea (?), AD 1222-1235. The Theotokos Sorotissa standing facing, nimbate, hands extended, wearing maphorion, cruciform pellets on shoulders and forehead; MP-ΘV across upper fields; in lower field left and right, C and A / Christ Chalkites standing facing, cross nimbate, wearing himation over divitsion, raising right hand in benediction and holding Gospels in left hand; IC-XC across upper fields; in lower left field, O/X/A/Λ; in lower right field, K/H/Th/S (ligatured). Cf. DOC IV pl. 37 (Uncertain of Nicaea) 1; cf. Bendall, 'A Further Note on a Possible Early Coinage of the Empire of Trebizond', NCirc, August 2006, fig. 1; 'An Early Coinage of the 'Empire' of Trebizond?', NCirc, June 2002, 1 and NCirc, January 2007, p. 9.1; Sear (Uncertain of Nicaea) 2148. 3.01g, 25mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
The obverse image on this coin is that of the Blachernitissa - also called Theotokos of Blachernae and Our Lady of Blachernae - the famous icon of the Theotokos in the Chapel of the Reliquary (Hagia Soros), in the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in Constantinople. The cult icon of Christ Chalkites in the vestibule of the Imperial Palace in Constantinople was highly venerated. Representations of this icon are found in two forms, an earlier one with Christ raising his right hand in benediction, and a later form with Christ placing his right hand on his chest.
This coin belongs to a very rare issue that was originally attributed to Nicaea in DOC, but S. Bendall's analysis (op. cit. above) of two groups of these coins reveals that they are actually early issues of Trebizond under Andronicus I Gidon.
Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
The obverse image on this coin is that of the Blachernitissa - also called Theotokos of Blachernae and Our Lady of Blachernae - the famous icon of the Theotokos in the Chapel of the Reliquary (Hagia Soros), in the Church of St. Mary of Blachernae in Constantinople. The cult icon of Christ Chalkites in the vestibule of the Imperial Palace in Constantinople was highly venerated. Representations of this icon are found in two forms, an earlier one with Christ raising his right hand in benediction, and a later form with Christ placing his right hand on his chest.
This coin belongs to a very rare issue that was originally attributed to Nicaea in DOC, but S. Bendall's analysis (op. cit. above) of two groups of these coins reveals that they are actually early issues of Trebizond under Andronicus I Gidon.