Byzantine coin of Constantine VI and Irene, 780-797. Obverse: bust of Irene, facing front; she wears a crown and a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, she holds a globus cruciger; to right, she holds a cruciform sceptre. Reverse: large ‘M’; above, bust of Constantine VI; he wears a crown and a chlamys; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to left of ‘M’, there is an ‘X’; beneath ‘M’, there is an ‘A’.

Byzantine coin made of electrum, of Andronicus II, 1282-1328. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she raises her hands on either side of her in prayer; she is surrounded by three groups of towers and city walls; to left, inscription says ‘CK’; to right, ‘ΠN’. Reverse: three figures; to left, Andronicus II, kneeling; to right, Michael IX, his son and co-emperor, kneeling; in the middle, Christ, standing and facing front, crowning both emperors; Andronicus II and Michael IX each wear a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; Christ has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left of nimbus cruciger, it says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave and is made of electrum.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: Christ, standing and facing front; he has a halo; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘EM’; to right, ‘OV…Λ’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Eudocia, Constantine’s wife; to right, Constantine X; between them, they hold a labarum, which is a military standard; to left, inscription says ‘EVΔ…KAV’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: Christ, standing and facing front; he has a halo. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Eudocia, Constantine’s wife; to right, Constantine X; between them, they hold a labarum, which is a military standard.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: Christ, standing and facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he holds the Book of Gospels in front of him, which is decorated with dots; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’; there is a second inscription to the left, which begins with a cross, and says ‘EMMA’; to right, ‘NOVHΛ’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Eudocia, Constantine’s wife; to right, Constantine X; each wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a labarum, which is a military standard; to left, inscription says ‘EVΔKAVΓO’; to right, the letters are too fragmented to decipher.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he holds the Book of Gospels in front of him, which is decorated with dots; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’; there is a second inscription to the left, which begins with a cross, and says ‘E’; to right, ‘NOVHA’. Reverse: bust of Constantine X, facing front; he wears a crown with cross and a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a long cross; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘KWANC’; to right, ‘ACVOIOA’ ? The inscription on the reverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front, with a beard; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he holds the Book of Gospels in front of him, which is decorated with dots; to right, inscription says ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of Constantine X, facing front; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘NRACI’. Constantine X's head is placed at an awkward angle on his body on the reverse, indicating that this coin may be overstruck.

Byzantine coin of Michael VII, 1071-1078. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he holds the Book of Gospels in front of him, which is decorated with dots; to right, there is a star; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘X[C]’. Reverse: bust of Michael VII, facing front; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, which is a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he holds the Book of Gospels in front of him, which is decorated with dots; to left, inscription says ‘MMA’. Reverse: bust of Constantine X, facing front, with beard; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a long cross; to left, inscription begins with a cross, and says ‘KWNR’.

Byzantine coin of Constantine X, 1059-1067. Obverse: Christ, standing and facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he holds the Book of Gospels in front of him, which is decorated with dots. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Eudocia, Constantine’s wife; to right, Constantine X; each wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; between them, they hold a labarum, which is a military standard.