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<p>[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4984085, member: 111037"]I agree, it is a very nice example and with the rarer ΔΕCΠΟΤΗC legend on it. This is of course where the word 'despot' comes from. I find that with copper coins patina is very important and it can greatly improve the coin as in this case. Even if poor Theotokos looks like she is sporting a nose-ring. </p><p><br /></p><p>One thing I omitted from my write up is the meaning and significance of the designs on these coins. They are of course directly related to the popular iconography of the Orthodox faith, and those themes are still popular today and are reproduced in both portable icons and church wall paintings. Here is an almost contemporary example of the 'Our Lady of the sign' which is the theme that can be found on the Adronicus tetartera.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1197372[/ATTACH] </p><p>(13th century, Yaroslavl, Russia - Wikimedia Commons (cropped))</p><p><br /></p><p>For a more detailed explanation of the religious significance behind the 'Theotokos of the sign' theme, you can read this article I found:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.obitel-minsk.com/2018/12/the-theotokos-of-sign-meaning-of-image.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.obitel-minsk.com/2018/12/the-theotokos-of-sign-meaning-of-image.html" rel="nofollow">https://blog.obitel-minsk.com/2018/12/the-theotokos-of-sign-meaning-of-image.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Only a Poor Old Man, post: 4984085, member: 111037"]I agree, it is a very nice example and with the rarer ΔΕCΠΟΤΗC legend on it. This is of course where the word 'despot' comes from. I find that with copper coins patina is very important and it can greatly improve the coin as in this case. Even if poor Theotokos looks like she is sporting a nose-ring. One thing I omitted from my write up is the meaning and significance of the designs on these coins. They are of course directly related to the popular iconography of the Orthodox faith, and those themes are still popular today and are reproduced in both portable icons and church wall paintings. Here is an almost contemporary example of the 'Our Lady of the sign' which is the theme that can be found on the Adronicus tetartera. [ATTACH=full]1197372[/ATTACH] (13th century, Yaroslavl, Russia - Wikimedia Commons (cropped)) For a more detailed explanation of the religious significance behind the 'Theotokos of the sign' theme, you can read this article I found: [URL]https://blog.obitel-minsk.com/2018/12/the-theotokos-of-sign-meaning-of-image.html[/URL][/QUOTE]
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