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

Tetarteron / Τεταρτηρόν AE 20

SHH 917

Parameter Obverse Reverse Notes Reference

4.32 g    19.7-20.8 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF Bust of St. George nimbate facing, wearing tunic, cuirass and sagion, and holding spear and shield; to left O // Γ // Ε; to right ω // ΓI // OC;  border of dots. ΜΑΝ[ΟΥΗ[Λ] / [ΔΕCΠΟΤ] either side of bust of Manuel facing, wearing crown and loros, and holding labarum and globus cruciger; border of dots; all within incuse. Mint of Thessalonica. BMC 75/78; Dumbarton Oaks IV/1 18; Καντάς ΝΜΑ 33.43/33.44; Sear Byzantine 1975