#h716# Byzantine Trachy coin of Alexius III from 1194-1204 AD (Constantinople) UK - Crowned and cuirassed bust

- Crowned and cuirassed bust facing

cornucopia above

REFERENCE: SNG Cop 904

holding arrow and bow

Alexius did what he could to control the negative effects of the unwelcome "friends" of the cause noting all the meanwhile that the conquests of the crusaders did not benefit them in any way but rather served to further weaken the Byzantines politically and financially

#h716# Byzantine Trachy coin of Alexius III from 1194-1204 AD (Constantinople) UK - Crowned and cuirassed bustWelcome to cc coins Up for auction is a Byzantine Trachy coin of Alexius III from 1194 1204 AD. ID# 716h(UK) Diameter: 23mm MINT: Constantinople OBVERSE; IC XC KE ROHEI Facing bust of Christ. REVERSE; AEI EC KNcTANTI Alexius on left, and St. Constantine on right, both standing, holding globus cruciger between them. Reference: Sear 2012 Alexius III 1195 1203 Alexius III was the brother of Isaac II whom he had deposed and blinded in a plot. If Isaac was