BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Manuel I Comnenus AD 1143-1180.AE.Tetarteron. Mint of THESSALONIKA.
( 3.78g, 21.2mm, 6h )
O /A / Γ / E - WP / ΓI / OS , nimbate bust of Saint George holding spear in right hand and shield in left.
Reverse.MANOVH-Λ -ΔECΠΟΤ, facing bust of Manuel wearing crown with pendillia and loros, holding in right hand labarum and in left globus cruciger.
Ref:Sear 1975.
Very fine or better, patchy green patina.
Note saints name ends with letter S instead of the normal C