1 Aspron trachy Byzantine Empire (330-1453) Electrum John II Com ...

John II Comnenus, EL Aspron Trachy, 1118-1143, Constantinople

IC | XC Christ seated facing on throne without back and single pellet on arms, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels with five pellets on cover in left, double border Iw / DEC / PO / TH | [ O / GE / wP / GI ] John standing on left, wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, St. George standing on right, nimbate, wearing military dress, sword in left hand, both holding between them long patriarchal cross set on small globus 30mm x 32mm, 3.81g