Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: monogram, which looks like a large cross with small letters at each of the four ends of the cross; these include ‘M, Δ, Λ, K’. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger. Monogram on the obverse corresponds to monogram 57 in the Sear catalogue.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: monogram, which looks like a large cross with small letters at each of the four ends of the cross; these include ‘M, Δ, Λ, K’. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger. Monogram on the obverse corresponds to monogram 57 in the Sear catalogue.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I of Trebizond, 1238-1263. Obverse: Saint Eugene, standing and facing front; he has a halo and wears a long cloak; to left, he holds a cross; to left, inscription says ‘O…Γ’; to right, ‘ΓENO’. Reverse: Manuel I, standing and facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; in the upper right corner, there is a representation of the hand of God, called the ‘Manus Dei’; to right, inscription says ‘OKMN’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I of Trebizond, 1238-1263. Obverse: Saint Eugene, standing and facing front; he has a halo and wears a long cloak; to left, he holds a cross; to left, inscription says ‘OAΓI’; to right, ‘EVGENIO’. Reverse: Manuel I, standing and facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; in the upper right corner, there is a representation of the hand of God, called the ‘Manus Dei’; to left, inscription says ‘MNΛ’; to right, ‘OKH’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she has a halo; she wears a pallium, which is a woolen cloak, and a maphorium, which is a type of medieval wimple worn by women; she raises her hands in prayer; to left, inscription says ‘MP’; to right, ‘ΘV’. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘MAИɤ’; to right, ‘ΔECΠ…TИ’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Mother of God’. The Virgin Mary is described in the Sear catalogue as the ‘Virgin Orans’, meaning the ‘Praying Virgin’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a halo. Reverse: Manuel I, standing and facing front; he wears military clothing.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left, he raises his hand in benediction; to right, he holds a scroll; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘MA’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left, he raises his hand in benediction; to right, he holds a scroll; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘MANɤ’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left, he raises his hand in benediction; to right, he holds a scroll; to right, inscription says ‘XC’. Reverse: Manuel I, standing and facing front; he wears military clothing; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘NɤHΛ’; to right, ‘EC’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she has a halo; she raises her hands in prayer. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘MAИ’. The Virgin Mary is described in the Sear catalogue as the ‘Virgin Orans’, meaning the ‘Praying Virgin’.