BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Manuel I Comnenus AD 1143-1180.Billon.Trachy.Mint of CONSTANTINOPLE. ( 3.40g, 25.7mm, 6h )
IC-XC, Christ enthroned, cross nimbus behind, eight rayyed star left field
Reverse. left upwards MANVHΛ, Manuel standing left, holding labarum in right hand and globus cruciger in left, to right The Virgin, nimbate, crowning emperor.
Ref:Sear.1966.
Very fine, usual weakness in strike.