BYZANTINE EMPIRE.Tornikios, Proedros.circa AD 1170-1190.Pb.Tessera. ( 5.12g, 23.6mm, 12h )
Saints Peter and Paul greeting each other in the form of an embrace.
Reverse.legend in Greek.
Ref:Kyriaka and Seibt 126.
Good fine, earthen deposit in fields making the legends difficult to read.
For a very similar example described as AE. see CNG e-auction 397, lot 606 where the reverse is described reading as follows: AΠOCTOΛ/ωN CKЄΠIOC M/Є ΔVAC AΓIA/ TOPNIKION ΠPO/ЄΔPON EK ΠA/CЄC BΛA/CHS.