Byzantine coin from the 12th to 13th centuries. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; in front of him, he holds the Book of Gospels, which is decorated with dots; to right, inscription says ‘X’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, the figure is most likely an emperor, due to the lack of a halo; to right, the Archangel Michael, with wings; between them, they hold a labarum, which is a military standard; to left, there is a small inscription, which says ‘HCCΠAΛEVΛ’. Coin is concave. It is also overstruck, as there are two arms and two labarums right next to each other on the reverse.

Byzantine coin from the 13th century CE. Obverse: Christ, enthroned; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left and right, stars; to right, inscription says ‘XC’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 11th to 14th centuries CE. Obverse: enthroned figure, possibly with a halo; to left, he holds something long, like a cruciform sceptre or spear; to right, there is a backwards ‘R’ above ‘N’. Reverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘CE’; to right, ‘ƧƧV’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the 7th century CE. Obverse: there is a circular punch slightly off-centre, which is approximately 0.6cm wide; within the circular punch, there is an ‘X’; the original obverse is indecipherable. Reverse: there is a circular punch off to one side, which is approximately 0.5cm wide; both the original reverse and the image within the circular punch are indecipherable.

Byzantine coin from the 6th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing right; he has a diadem and wears a chlamys; there are no inscriptions. Reverse: large ‘K’. Collector’s note says that this coin is very rare. It is most likely from the 6th century CE as the emperor is facing right and wears a diadem, which are practices that became uncommon on coinage beginning in the 7th century CE.

Byzantine coin from the 6th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing right; he has a diadem; there are no inscriptions. Reverse: six pointed star. Collector’s note says that this coin is an ‘anonymous issue’. It is most likely from the 6th century CE as the emperor is facing right and wears a diadem, which are practices that became uncommon on coinage beginning in the 7th century CE.

Byzantine coin from the 6th or 7th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing front; to left, he holds a long cross; to left, inscription says ‘T’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, cross; beneath, ‘CRT’.

Byzantine coin from the 7th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing front. Reverse: large ‘M’; above, monogram; in exergue, ‘CON’. The monogram is difficult to decipher, but it most likely corresponds to monogram 25 in the Sear catalogue.

Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: bust of Heraclius, facing forward, wearing crown with cross; to left, star; to right, crescent moon. Reverse: a cross resting on a globe; to left, ‘I’; to right, ‘B’; in exergue, ‘AΛEΞ’.

Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: two busts, facing front; to left, Heraclius; to right, Heraclius Constantine, his son; Heraclius is larger than his son; each wears a chlamys and a crown with cross; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘P’. Reverse: Large ‘IB’; in between the two letters, a cross resting on two steps; beneath, ‘[A]ΛEΞ’.