Coin Item Number: 3095/1520 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: Christ, enthroned; to right and left, stars. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Manuel I, wearing a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to right, the Virgin Mary; she raises her right arm towards Manuel I in order to crown him; in between their heads, ‘M’. Coin is concave.

History Of Use

“Billon Aspron Trachy” (denomination); Sear# 1966.