Period
Byzantine
Person
Isaac II Angelos, Byzantine emperor, 1185-1195
Mint
Constantinople (Byzantine)
Denom.
hyperpyron
Dating
1185-1195
Obverse
M-P ΘV, Virgin nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorion, seated on throne with back, holds Christ child
Reverse
ICAAKIOC, O XM, Full-length figures of emperor and archangel Michael, holding between them partially sheathed sword. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and loros, and holds scepter cruciger in right hand. Archangel wears short military tunic, breastplate and sagion. Manus Dei in upper centre