TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted November 4, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 4, 2022 I am very excited to share my newest win, an unpublished trachy of Thessalonican emperor John Komnenodoukas. John Comnenus-Ducas. As emperor of Thessalonica, 1237-1242. BI Aspron Trachy (13mm, 0.46 g). Series III. Thessalonica mint. Obverse: Reverse: John and St. Theodore standing facing, holding between them staff topped by cross-in-circle. DOC —; CLBC —; SB —; Bendall, “Notes on the Coinage in the name of John Comnenus-Ducas of Thessalonica (AD 1237-44)” —. This new type of John Komnenodoukas is reminiscent of type Sear 2202, where the emperor is holding a triangle decorated, cross in circle staff with Saint Demetrius. (Sear 2202, not mine) The above unpublished type does not have the aforementioned triangle decoration and the Saint on the coin is Theodore, not Demetrius. I believe this is the first time Saint Theodore has appeared on the reverse of a John Komnenodoukas coin. The seller misidentified this at sear 2202. I will be publishing this among some other interesting coins at some point in the near future. 8 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordianAppreciator101 Posted November 4, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 4, 2022 Interesting! Congrats on the find. 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quant.geek Posted November 4, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 4, 2022 Seems similar to this one which was also sold as 2202... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted November 4, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 13 minutes ago, quant.geek said: Seems similar to this one which was also sold as 2202... Very nice! I believe that is the same type. Its a shame both obverses are obscured 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTrachyEnjoyer Posted November 4, 2022 · Member Author Share Posted November 4, 2022 Notice the dot on the cross-in-circle staff on both examples as found on the Saint Theodore type compared to the triangular decoration with Saint Demetrius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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