Coin Item Number: 3095/1723 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Byzantine coin from the Latin Rulers of Constantinople Period, 1204-1261. Obverse: bust of Christ; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: an emperor, standing and facing front; he wears military dress with a short skirt; to left, he holds a labarum (a military standard); to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says 'CO'; to right, 'TΠ'. Coin is concave.
“Billon Trachy” (denomination); Sear# 2035.
The Latin Rulers of Constantinople, who minted the ‘Latin Imitation’ coins, captured the city after the Fourth Crusade in 1204. They were driven out by the Byzantine Greeks in 1261.