Copper Tornese of Andronikos II c. 1282 - 1328

Editor: Here we have a Copper Tornese of Andronikos II. It's small, worn, like a whisper from the Byzantine Empire. What strikes you about this humble artifact? Curator: It feels like holding history, doesn't it? Imagine the hands it passed through, the stories it could tell! I see power, ambition... but also the fragility of empires etched into this tiny coin. What echoes do you hear in its silence? Editor: The weight of time, certainly. Thanks! Curator: Indeed! It's funny how the smallest things can carry the biggest echoes.