Lol no prob, do note a Trebizond painter made this some 300-350 years after his reign. It’s not like they can see or have access to what crown he wore, especially when the style fell out of use 200 years prior. So he’s probably depicting him wearing contemporary imperial clothes.Nice Find! Wasn't trying to justify the crown used in Ck2/3 just wanted to say that I found a possible inspiration for it. Why would Trebizond depict him the way they did if it was wrong?
Where as this portrait of his crown made by Greek scholars during the 1400s in Constantinople is more accurate. Probably due to them having access to surviving coins, Portraits and manuscripts from his reign still in the city unlike the Trebizond painters.
Even then it’s not a 1 for 1 recreation like their portraits of John Komnenos and beyond, with contemporary 15th century influence on it
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