© Ashmolean Museum
816 Late Byzantine coins
Artist: Byzantine
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 1204 - 1453
Materials: gold, electrum, silver, silver-copper alloy, copper
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £130,000)
Vendor: Simon Bendall
Review number: 4783 (2000)
Provenance:
Private collection formed in London over the last 30 years.
Description:
Hand-struck coins of the Byzantine period between the two sieges of Constantinople. During the period 1204-1261, when the emperors were in exile from Constantinople, coins of very high quality were produced by other mints.
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