Manuel I Comnenus   Thessalonica   Imperium Byzantinum
Μανουήλ Α' Κομνηνός   Θεσσαλονίκη   Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία

Aspron Trachy / Ασπρον Τραχή EL 26

SHH 463

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1.93 g   25.1-26.7 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF The Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate; [Μ]Ρ / ΘV with overbars on either side of nimbus; She holds before Her nimbate head of infant Christ facing. Manuel on left and St. Demetrious nimbate on right, standing facing, holding between them labarum; the emperor wears crown, divitision and chlamys, the saint is clad in military attire; inscriptions off flan. Mint of Thessalonica. BMC 31/33; Dumbarton Oaks IV/1 9; Sear Byzantine 1974