Period
Byzantine
Person
Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor, 1143 - 1180
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
tetarteron
Dating
1143-1152?
Obverse
IC XC, Bust of Christ, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; holds scroll in left hand
Reverse
MA NOV HΛΔEC, Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece and loros; holds labarum on long shaft in right hand, and globus cruciger in left