Browsing Byzantine Coinage of Andronicus III
Andronicus was a courageous ruler who admirably but unsuccessfully attempted to eradicate corruption in the legal system. The empire was a mess, invaded by the Serbs and Ottoman Turks. Andronicus died unexpectedly in AD 1341.
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| Bendall 8 | Andronicus III AE 20mm stamenon, 1328-1341 AD. ANΔΡONIKOC, Andronicus standing facing before city / St. Demetrius standing facing, holding spear and shield. Bendall 238.8. | Text | Image |
| Bendal 10 | Andronicus III, AE 22mm Tetarteron. ΛAΡΘ, cross with V-shaped leaves / Andronicus, half-length bust facing, holding cross-headed sceptre over right shoulder. Sear -; BMC -. | Text | Image |
| DOC 874 SB - | Andronicus III Palaeologus. AD 1328-1341. AR Basilica 21mm. Bust of Mary, hands raised, B to left and right / St. Demetrius and Andronicus standing facing. DOC V 874; SB -. | Text | Image |
| DOC 882 Sear - | Andronicus III Palaeologus. AD 1328-1341. Class II billon tornese. Constantinople mint. 0.59 g. IC-XC across upper fields, Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, details obscure. / Palaeologan monogram. DOC V, 882 (this coin); Sear -. | Text | Image |
| DOC 936 SB - | Andronicus III. 1328-1341. AE Trachy 23mm, Thessalonica mint. Paleologan monogram; B to right / St. Demetrius and Andronicus standing facing, holding staff surmounted by fleur de lis between them. DOC V 936; Bendall -; Grierson 1473; SB -. | Text | Image |
SB 2466 | Andronicus III and John V, 1341-1391 AD, AV hyperpyron, 1341-1347 AD, Constantinople Mint, AN ΔΠ O NI KI IV.., Andronicus III kneeling before Christ standing right. / ANX.., Anna of Savoy and John V standing facing. SB 2466. | Text Text | Image Image |
| SB 2467 | Andronicus III, Palaeologus. AD 1328-1341. AR Basilikon, 20 mm, 1.61 g. Constantinopole mint. ANΔΡO-NIKOC-AVTOKΡA-TωΡ in four lines. / Palaeologan monogram. Sear SB 2467; Bendall, LPC 2. | Text | Image |
| SB 2471 | Andronicus III Paleologus AR Basilikon. Constantinople mint. IC-XC and B-B across fields, Christ enthroned facing / ΔHMHTΡIOC ANΔΡNKOC, ΓOA, St. Demetrius on left and Andronicus on right standing facing. Sear 2471; Bendall 195.1; Grierson 1317. | Text | Image |
SB 2472 | Andronicus III Paleologus AR Basilikon. 1328-1341 AD. Constantinople mint. IC-XC across fields, Christ enthroned facing, B to left, fleur de lis to right / ΔHMHTΡIOC ANΔΡONKOC.., St. Demetrius on left and Andronicus on right standing facing. Sear 2472; Bendall 195.3. | Text Text | Image Image |
SB 2473 | Andronicus III, Palaeologus. 1328-1341. AR Reduced Basilikon. Constantinople mint. [I]C XC across field, Christ standing facing on souppedion; B B, six-petaled flower & lis in field / HMHTPI, GOA, ANPONI, St. Demetrius at left, standing facing, holding cross, & Andronicus III at right, standing facing, hand to breast. | Text | Image |
SB 2474 | Andronicus III, Palaeologus. 1341-1391. (now attributed to John V, 1328-1341). AR Reduced Basilikon (1.22 g). Constantinople mint. IC [XC] across field, John V standing facing, holding labarum and cross on globe, nimbate bust of Christ above / ANΔΡONIK MIT, ΓOA, St. Demetrius on left, standing facing, holding cross, and Andronicus III on right, standing facing, hand to breast. DOC V 944; Grierson 1322; SB 2474 (Andronicus III). | Text Text | Image Image |
| SB 2475 | Andronicus III, (now attributed to John V 1341-1347). AR Light Basilikon. Andronicus III, kneeling on the left, being blessed by Mary, standing on the right / Anna of Savoy, holding trilobe sceptre, and John V, holding akakia and sceptre, standing facing. DOC V 945ff; SB 2475 (Andronicus III). | Text | Image |
| SB 2477 | Andronicus III Palaiologos (1328-41), Thessalonika, AE trachy, Thessalonica. A AΓIOC-ΔHMH, St. Demetrius facing, holding spear and resting left hand on shield / ANΔΡONIK, Andronicus standing, holding labarum-tipped sceptre and cross on globe. SB 2477, DOC 887-9, Ben 201. | Text | Image |
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| SB 2479 | Andronicus III. 1328-1341. AE Assarion 21mm, Constantinople mint. +KVΡIE BOHΘEI, cross potent / Half-length figure of Andronicus standing facing, holding cross-headed sceptre and cross on globe. DOC V 896; Bendall 203; SB 2479. | Text | Image |
| SB 2480 | Andronicus III Paleologus (1334/5), AE Assarion, 1.74g. Large NB, stars above and below / Andronicus, half-length figure facing, holding sceptre and akakia. DOC V, 900; SB 2480. | Text | Image |
| SB 2481 | Andronicus III, AE assarion. Constantinople. 1328-1341 AD. ANΔΡONIKOC, Andronicus, standing, holding sceptre / Cross with v-shaped leaves on ends. Sear 2481. DOC 912. LBC 831. | Text Text | Image Image |
| SB 2482 | Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341 AD. AE Trachy 24mm. Thessalonica mint. Half-length bust of St. Demetrius facing / Archangel Michael standing right, crowning Andronicus standing facing, holding patriarchal cross in each hand. DOC 918; SB 2482. | Text | Image |
| SB 2483 | Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. AE Trachy 19mm. Thessalonica mint. Winged patriarchal cross / Half-length figures of Andronicus and St. Demetrius, holding long cross between them; large crescent containing star above. DOC 919; SB 2483. | Text | Image |
| SB 2485 | Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. AE Trachy 19mm. Thessalonica. St. Demetrius, bust facing / Andronicus, seated facing, holding large patriarchal cross and sceptre. SB 2485. | Text | Image |
| SB 2486 | Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. AE Trachy 19mm. Thessalonica mint. St. Demetrius, bust facing / Andronicus standing facing, wearing loros, holding patriarchal cross in each hand. DOC 927; SB 2486. | Text Text | Image Image |
| SB 2486 var | Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. AE Trachy 16mm. Thessalonica mint. St. Demetrius, half-length bust facing, holding spear and shield / Andronicus standing facing, holding patriarchal cross in each hand; stars to outer left and right. DOC 927-8 var. (stars); SB 2486 var (ditto) etc. Unpublished. | Text | Image |
| SB 2487 | Andronicus III Palaeologus (1328 - 1341). AE Assarion, Thessalonica. OAΓIO ΔMHTΡ, St. Demetrius, seated, sword across knees / Andronicus, standing, holding fleur de lis and cross-tipped sceptre, six stars in fields. Sear 2487; DOC 929; Sommer 82.8; Lianta 839. | Text | Image |
| SB 2490 | Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. AE Trachy 20mm. Thessalonica mint. Uncertain or overstruck type, retrograde B to left / Andronicus, standing, holding sceptre, two stars and retrograde B-B in fields. DOC 931; SB 2490. | Text | Image |
| SB 2494 | Andronikos III, Palaeologos. AE Trachy. Thessalonica mint. Palaeologan monogram / Andronikos standing facing, holding sceptre and akakia. SB 2494. | Text | Image |
| SB 2497 | Andronicus III Palaeologus AE21 Assaria. Thessalonica, AD 1328-1341. 1.02 g. Palaeologan monogram, star in left field. / Andronicus, head facing, and holding cross-tipped sceptre, riding right on horseback. B in left field, star in right field. Sear 2497. | Text | Image |
| SB 2570 | Andronicus III. Billon Tornese, ‘Politikon’ coinage, Constantinople. ΛOA between two three-quarter length facing figures of Andronicus III, bearded, wearing crown and loros, right hand on breast, and St Demetrius, holding cross on breast / POLITIKON, facing bust of Mary Theotokos. DOC 885; Sear 2570. | Text | Image |
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