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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cmezner, post: 3251095, member: 87809&quot;]Sorry, I was reading the lettering on the one posted by @<a href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/david-pcc.80556/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/members/david-pcc.80556/">David@PCC</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The lettering on the OP by Pavlos is worn. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I have one pretty much worn Electron Aspron Trachy (Scyphate) from Isaacus II Angelus, :</p><p>Constantinople, 12 Sep 1185 - 8 Apr 1195 AD</p><p>Ref.: Sear 2002; Sommer 65.4.3;</p><p>Obverse: MP-ΘV, the Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate, wears pallium and maphorium, holding head of infant Christ</p><p>Reverse: ICAAKIOC ∆, Θ (between heads), X/AP/X/M (on r.), Archangel Michael, standing nimbate on right in military attire, scepter in left, crowing Isaac with right; Isaac standing on left wearing divitsion and chlamys; cruciform scepter in left, akakia in right</p><p><br /></p><p>Scyphate is a term frequently used in numismatics to refer to the concave or &quot;cup-shaped&quot; Byzantine coins of the 11th–14th centuries. The debasement of the electrum trachy began during this reign, and some specimens (such as this) are so pale as to have the appearance of silver.</p><p>nimbate: with a nimbus; pallium: a large, rectangular mantle worn by men in ancient Greece and Rome; maphorium: (μαφόριον) a garment covering the head and shoulders, mentioned in papyri of the 4th–6th century); divitsion: tunic; chlamys: originally a complete cloak, but here a long narrow piece embroidered and jeweled; akakia: a cylindrical purple silk roll containing dust, held by the Byzantine emperors during ceremonies, and symbolizing the mortal nature of all men.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]853061[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]853063[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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