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<p>[QUOTE="DiomedesofArgos, post: 7411879, member: 115035"]Really awesome OP. You did a great job summarizing this emperor's coinage. I loved this line: "The history of John Comnenus Ducas reads like a story where everyone is notable but himself" <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>My one and only John Comnenus-Ducas:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1288378[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><b>John Comnenus-Ducas. </b>As emperor of Thessalonica, 1237-1242. BI Aspron Trachy (14mm, 0.99 g). Series III. Thessalonica mint. Pelleted cross with pellets in quarters; all within pelleted circle set on decorated base / Half-length figure of John facing, holding labarum and akakia, beneath pelleted arch. S. Bendall, “Notes on the Coinage in the name of John Comnenus-Ducas of Thessalonica (AD 1237-44),” in <i>NC</i> 162 (2002), 25; DOC 36; CLBC 14.27.3; SB 2221;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Definitely a coin only a collector could love <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie7" alt=":p" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DiomedesofArgos, post: 7411879, member: 115035"]Really awesome OP. You did a great job summarizing this emperor's coinage. I loved this line: "The history of John Comnenus Ducas reads like a story where everyone is notable but himself" :D My one and only John Comnenus-Ducas: [ATTACH=full]1288378[/ATTACH] [B]John Comnenus-Ducas. [/B]As emperor of Thessalonica, 1237-1242. BI Aspron Trachy (14mm, 0.99 g). Series III. Thessalonica mint. Pelleted cross with pellets in quarters; all within pelleted circle set on decorated base / Half-length figure of John facing, holding labarum and akakia, beneath pelleted arch. S. Bendall, “Notes on the Coinage in the name of John Comnenus-Ducas of Thessalonica (AD 1237-44),” in [I]NC[/I] 162 (2002), 25; DOC 36; CLBC 14.27.3; SB 2221; Definitely a coin only a collector could love :p.[/QUOTE]
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