Its been a while since I posted anything. Work and family commitments has sucked almost all of my free time. Figured I can spare a few moments to breath a bit during yet another "work through the weekend" week. Here is an older coin that I just attributed. It belongs in the same family as another one that I added as an unidentified trachy: Empire of Nicaea: John III Ducas-Vatazes (1222-1254) BI Trachy, Magnesia (Sear 2100; DOC IV, Type L 46) Obv: MP - ΘV in field; Half-length figure of Virgin, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion Rev: IШ; Half-length figure of emperor on left, and of Virgin nimbate, holding between them labarum on long shaft. Emperor wears stemma, divistion, collar-piece and jeweled loros of simplified type; holds scepter cruiciger in right hand and Virgin wears tunic and maphorion Post whatever you like...
Another interesting one that was part of a 5-coin lot. The interesting thing about the coin is that its has a tag as an ex-Dumbarton Oaks coin... Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologus (1261-1282) Æ Trachy, Thessalonica (Sear-2295; DOC 136-43; Lianta 582-83; Grierson 1369; Bendall T.2) Obv: St. Demetrius enthroned facing, holding sword across knees Rev: Michael, holding cross-tipped scepter and akakia, being crowned by St. Demetrius; Manus Dei above
