Coin Item Number: 3095/1713 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin from the Latin Rulers of Constantinople Period, 1204-1261. Obverse: a bust, facing front; he or she has a halo. Reverse: a figure, standing and facing front; he is most likely an emperor; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a long cross; to right, he holds a small cross which has something hanging from it. Coin is concave.

History Of Use

"Billon Trachy" ? (denomination).

Narrative

The Latin Rulers of Constantinople captured the city after the Fourth Crusade in 1204. They were driven out by the Byzantine Greeks in 1261.