Byzantine coin of Andronicus II, 1282-1328. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary; she has a halo; she raises her hands in prayer; to left, a pattern of dots, possibly meant to be letters; to right, it says ‘ΘV’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Andronicus II; to right, Michael IX, his son and co-emperor; between them, they hold a long cross.

Byzantine coin of Michael VIII, 1258-1282. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she has a halo; she raises her hands in prayer. Reverse: Michael III, enthroned; he has a sword across his knees; to left, inscription says ‘XX’. Coin is slightly concave.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: Christ, enthroned; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he wears a pallium, a woolen cloak; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Manuel I, wearing a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf, and a divitision, which is a military tunic; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to right, the Virgin Mary, wearing a pallium and a maphorium, which is a type of medieval wimple worn by women; she also has a halo; she raises her right arm towards Manuel I in order to crown him; in between their heads, ‘M’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’; there is a second inscription on each side; to left, ‘KE’; to right, HΘEI’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Alexius III; to right, Saint Constantine; each wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf, and a divitision, which is a military tunic; each of them also holds a labarum, a military standard; to left, inscription says ‘AΛE’, followed by a backwards ‘Σ’, then ‘IW’; above, it says ‘ʘ’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Christ ? Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, Alexius III; to right, Saint Constantine; each wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf, and a divitision, which is a military tunic; between them, they hold a globus cruciger; each of them also holds a labarum, a military standard; above, inscription says ‘O’; to right, ‘K’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to right, he holds a book or a scroll; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of Manuel I, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘AN’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of Isaac II, 1185-1195. Obverse: the Virgin Mary, enthroned; she has a halo. Reverse: Isaac II, standing and facing front; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf, and a divitision, which is a military tunic; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription says ‘I…AAKIOC’; to right, ‘ΔECΠT’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Isaac II, 1185-1195. Obverse: the Virgin Mary, enthroned; she has a halo; she wears a pallium, which is a woolen cloak, and a maphorium, which is a type of medieval wimple worn by women; to left, inscription says ‘MP’; beneath ‘MP’, there is a star. Reverse: Isaac II, standing and facing front; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf, and a divitision, which is a military tunic; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to left, inscription says ‘A’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Isaac II, 1185-1195. Obverse: the Virgin Mary, enthroned; she has a halo; she wears a pallium, which is a woolen cloak, and a maphorium, which is a type of medieval wimple worn by women; to left, inscription says ‘MP’. Reverse: Isaac II, standing and facing front; he wears a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf, and a divitision, which is a military tunic; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to upper right, there is a ‘Manus Dei’, which is a representation of the hand of God; to left, inscription says ‘I…AA…I’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Isaac II, 1185-1195. Obverse: the Virgin Mary, enthroned; she has a halo; to left, inscription says ‘MP’; to right, ‘ΘV’. Reverse: Isaac II, standing and facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds an akakia, a silk roll containing dust that symbolizes mortality; to upper right, there is a ‘Manus Dei’, which is a representation of the hand of God; to left, inscription says ‘AK’; to right, ‘EC’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Mother of God’. Coin is concave.