Isaac Comnenus. Usurper in Cyprus, 1185-1191. BI Aspron Trachy

Isaac Comnenus. Usurper in Cyprus, 1185-1191. BI Aspron Trachy (28mm, 3.43 g, 6h). Nicosia mint(?). Struck 1187-1191(?). Christ Pantokrator standing facing on dais, holding gospel and raising hand in benediction; four small crosses in fields / Half-length bust of Isaac facing, holding cruciform scepter and akakia, being crowned by the Theotokos. S. Bendall, "Two Rare Byzantine Coins of the Comnenian Dynasty," in NumCirc CIX.5 (October 2005), 2 (this coin); DOC – (but cf. 8 for similar tetarteron); CLBC 6.2.3 (this coin cited); SB –. Green-brown patina. VF. Very rare.


From the collection of Simon Bendall.