BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Manuel I Comnenus AD 1143-1180.Billon.Trachy.Mint of CONSTANTINOPLE. ( 3.54g, 28.6mm, 6h )
(IC) - XC, Christ enthroned, cross nimbus behind.
Reverse. MHP- ΘV, 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, weak in areas.
Cross on forehead of The Virgin clearly defined.