One gilded disc with two suspension holes near rim. Flat, thin, round disc with a round central protrusion, surrounded by a repousse band of four profile heads with two tassels each. Some corrossion, but most of the surface appears to be scraped clean.

The paper is white. The ink is red, black, gray, and gold.

The paper is gray. The ink is gold, blue, black, silver, brown, and red.

The paper is gray. The ink is black, red, blue, and gold.

The paper is gray. The ink is red, black, blue, and gold.

Museum Purchase: Funds provided by an anonymous donor.

Byzantine coin made of electrum, of Andronicus II, 1282-1328. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she raises her hands on either side of her in prayer; she is surrounded by three groups of towers and city walls; to left, inscription says ‘CK’; to right, ‘ΠN’. Reverse: three figures; to left, Andronicus II, kneeling; to right, Michael IX, his son and co-emperor, kneeling; in the middle, Christ, standing and facing front, crowning both emperors; Andronicus II and Michael IX each wear a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Christ has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left of nimbus cruciger, it says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave and is made of electrum.