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<p>[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 6798260, member: 118358"]Andronikos II AR Tornese (?):</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Military saint holding spear/sword and shield (St Theodore, George, Demetrius, etc)</p><p><br /></p><p>Reverse: Winged Emperor holding trilobate scepter and globus cruciger (either one or two wings, hard to make out). (See similar obverse: <a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7290885" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7290885" rel="nofollow">https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7290885</a>)</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272137[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1272138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1272139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1272141[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>This coin has me stumped! I have found no matches in DOC, LBC, Sear, or various articles online. I have not been able to find any matches in ACsearch or CoinArchives as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is silver (low grade, billon) with a weight of 0.61 grams putting it in the correct metal and weight range of a Tornese. Based on style, I would venture it is early to mid Palaeologan. Andronikos II fits into that era. The emperor features coinage with himself winged (not common elsewhere) which seems to indicate an origin in his reign. The reverse of DOC V AE trachys 722-26 feature a winged emperor (Andronikos II) holding a labarum and globus cruciger.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1272144[/ATTACH]</p><p>Noticably, this coin has trilobate scepter. While DOC Reverses 722-26 feature a labarum, elsewhere Andronikos II is featured with a trilobate scepter. The Tornese itself was introduced in Andronikos II's reign and continued for a few decades longer (alongside the basilikon) until the Stravaton reformed the Byzantine economy.</p><p><br /></p><p>All of this serves to place this Tornese as an issue of Andronikos II. Thoughts? Has anyone encountered this type before? Any input would be much appreciated[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="The Trachy Enjoyer, post: 6798260, member: 118358"]Andronikos II AR Tornese (?): Obverse: Military saint holding spear/sword and shield (St Theodore, George, Demetrius, etc) Reverse: Winged Emperor holding trilobate scepter and globus cruciger (either one or two wings, hard to make out). (See similar obverse: [URL]https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7290885[/URL]) [ATTACH=full]1272137[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1272138[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1272139[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1272141[/ATTACH] This coin has me stumped! I have found no matches in DOC, LBC, Sear, or various articles online. I have not been able to find any matches in ACsearch or CoinArchives as well. The coin is silver (low grade, billon) with a weight of 0.61 grams putting it in the correct metal and weight range of a Tornese. Based on style, I would venture it is early to mid Palaeologan. Andronikos II fits into that era. The emperor features coinage with himself winged (not common elsewhere) which seems to indicate an origin in his reign. The reverse of DOC V AE trachys 722-26 feature a winged emperor (Andronikos II) holding a labarum and globus cruciger. [ATTACH=full]1272144[/ATTACH] Noticably, this coin has trilobate scepter. While DOC Reverses 722-26 feature a labarum, elsewhere Andronikos II is featured with a trilobate scepter. The Tornese itself was introduced in Andronikos II's reign and continued for a few decades longer (alongside the basilikon) until the Stravaton reformed the Byzantine economy. All of this serves to place this Tornese as an issue of Andronikos II. Thoughts? Has anyone encountered this type before? Any input would be much appreciated[/QUOTE]
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