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Isaac II Angelus (AD 1185-1195). EL aspron trachy (31mm, 4.32 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Constantinople. Virgin, nimbate, enthroned facing, holding nimbate head of infant Christ on lap; barred MHP (ligate)-TV across fields / ICAAKIOC, Isaac II (on left), standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia and jeweled chlamys, cruciform scepter in right hand, akakia in left, Archangel Michael (on right), standing facing, wearing nimbus cruciger and military attire, reaching up with right hand to crown Isaac with right hand, jeweled scepter in left; O in middle field between heads, X/MI in right field. Sear 2002. Pleasing original appearance.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Tom Cederlind, private sale with old dealer's tag
Though these electrum examples tend to have a paler complexion, this piece seems to have been struck with a higher gold content. Sear notes that the debasement of the electrum trachy began during Isaac's reign, so this example was probably struck in his first several years on the throne, just before the Third Crusade.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-isaac-ii-angelus-ad-1185-1195-el-aspron-trachy-31mm-432-gm-5h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5/a/61288-95328.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
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Isaac II Angelus (AD 1185-1195). EL aspron trachy (31mm, 4.32 gm, 5h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Constantinople. Virgin, nimbate, enthroned facing, holding nimbate head of infant Christ on lap; barred MHP (ligate)-TV across fields / ICAAKIOC, Isaac II (on left), standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia and jeweled chlamys, cruciform scepter in right hand, akakia in left, Archangel Michael (on right), standing facing, wearing nimbus cruciger and military attire, reaching up with right hand to crown Isaac with right hand, jeweled scepter in left; O in middle field between heads, X/MI in right field. Sear 2002. Pleasing original appearance.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Tom Cederlind, private sale with old dealer's tag
Though these electrum examples tend to have a paler complexion, this piece seems to have been struck with a higher gold content. Sear notes that the debasement of the electrum trachy began during Isaac's reign, so this example was probably struck in his first several years on the throne, just before the Third Crusade.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-isaac-ii-angelus-ad-1185-1195-el-aspron-trachy-31mm-432-gm-5h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-3-5/a/61288-95328.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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