Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust, most likely of Christ, facing front; to left and right, stars; to left, ‘C’; to right, ‘E’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, an emperor; to right, a saint with a halo. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘X[C]’; there is a second inscription to the right, which says ‘HE’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; each holds a labarum, which is a military standard. The first inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she has a halo; she raises her hands on either side of her in prayer; to right, inscription says ‘ΘV’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, an emperor; he holds a labarum in his right hand, which is a military standard; to right, a saint with a halo. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she has a halo; she raises both of her hands to the upper right corner, where there is a ‘manus dei’, which is a representation of the hands of God; to left, inscription says ‘MPHΛΠ’; to right, ‘ΘVPIT’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; each has a halo, meaning that they are both most likely saints; above, inscription says ‘ΓICTE’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, an emperor; to right, a saint with a halo. Coin is concave. Coin has been overstruck, as Christ on the obverse appears to have three or four eyes.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘[I]C’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; each holds a labarum, which is a military standard; between them, they hold a globus cruciger. The first inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’; there is a second inscription to the left, which says ‘KERO’; to right, ‘H…T’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; each holds a labarum, which is a military standard. The first inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, an emperor; to right, a saint with a halo. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to right, inscription says ‘XC’. Reverse: two busts, facing front; to left, an emperor; he holds a long cross in his right hand; to right, a saint, who wears a halo.

Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries CE. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she has a halo; she raises her hands on either side of her in prayer. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, an emperor; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; he holds a labarum in his right hand, which is a military standard; to right, the Archangel Michael; he has a halo and wings. Coin is concave.