Coin Item Number: 3095/1697 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’; there is a second inscription to the left, which says ‘KERO’; to right, ‘H…T’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; each holds a labarum, which is a military standard. The first inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave.