Byzantine coin of Justinian I, 527-565. Obverse: bust of Justinian I, facing right; to left, inscription says ‘DNIVSTI’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘H’; to left, small ‘A’; to right, small ‘P’; above, three letters (too damaged to decipher).

Byzantine coin of Maurice Tiberius, 582-602. Obverse: bust of Maurice Tiberius, facing front; he has a crown and wears consular robes; to left, he holds a mappa; to right, he holds a sceptre with an eagle on top; above his head, cross; to left, inscription says ‘ONMAVRICI’; to right, ‘T’. Reverse: large ‘M’; to left, ‘A[N]NO’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘XX’ in a vertical position; above, ‘P’ within a cross; beneath, ‘B’; in exergue, ‘TES’.

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of Christ; he has a halo; to right, it says ‘X’. Reverse: bust of John II, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to right, he holds a globus cruciger. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the Latin Rulers of Constantinople Period, 1204-1261. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary; to left, inscription says ‘MP’; to right, star. Reverse: bust of an emperor, facing front; he wears a loros (an embroidered and jewelled scarf); to left, he holds a long cross; to right, he holds a globus cruciger. Coin is most likely overstruck, as there is a second globus cruciger on top of the bust on the obverse. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the Empire of Thessalonica, 1224-1244. 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 ‘[I]C’; to right, ‘X[C]’. Reverse: the Archangel Michael, standing and facing front; he has a halo and wings; to right, he holds a cross or globus cruciger. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin from the Empire of Thessalonica, 1224-1244. 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 ‘[I]C’; to right, ‘X[C]’; the head of Christ has been struck twice, making it appear as if there is one head over top of the other. Reverse: the Archangel Michael, standing and facing front; he has a halo and wings. Coin is slightly concave.

Byzantine coin of John III, 1222-1254. 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; on her breast, there is a small head with a halo of Christ as an infant; to left, inscription says ‘MP’; to right, ‘ΘV’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front; to left, John III, wearing a loros, which is an embroidered and jewelled scarf; he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, Saint Demetrius, wearing military clothing; he holds either a labarum or a spear; between them, they hold a patriarchal cross. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Mother of God’. Coin is concave.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Saint George, facing front; he has a halo; he wears a cuirass, a type of armour; to right, he holds a spear; to left, inscription says ‘ʘΓE’ followed by a ‘P’ attached to a ‘W’. Reverse: Alexius III, standing and 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.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Saint George, facing front; he has a halo; to right, he holds a spear. Reverse: Alexius III, standing and 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 ‘AΛE’.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Saint George, facing front; he has a halo; he wears a cuirass, which is a type of armour; to right, he holds a spear; to left, inscription says ‘ʘΓE’, followed by a ‘P’ attached to a ‘W’. Reverse: Alexius III, standing and 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 ‘ΛE’; to right, ‘ΔECΠOTHC’