Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: large cross resting on three steps; 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. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: monogram, which looks like a large cross with small letters at each of the four ends of the cross; these include ‘M, Δ, Λ, K’. 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. Monogram on the obverse corresponds to monogram 57 in the Sear catalogue.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: monogram, which looks like a large cross with small letters at each of the four ends of the cross; these include ‘M, Δ, Λ, K’. 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. Monogram on the obverse corresponds to monogram 57 in the Sear catalogue.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: monogram, which looks like a large cross with small letters at each of the four ends of the cross; these include ‘M, Δ, Λ, K’. 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. Monogram on the obverse corresponds to monogram 57 in the Sear catalogue.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a halo. Reverse: Manuel I, standing and facing front; he wears military clothing.

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 left, he raises his hand in benediction; to right, he holds a scroll; to right, inscription says ‘XC’. Reverse: Manuel I, standing and facing front; he wears military clothing; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘NɤHΛ’; to right, ‘EC’.

Byzantine coin of Manuel I, 1143-1180. Obverse: bust of Saint George, facing front; he has a halo; he wears a tunic, a cloak, and a cuirass, which is a type of armour; to left, he holds a spear; to right, he holds a shield decorated with dots; to left, inscription says ‘OΓE’; to right, there is a ‘P’ attached to a ‘W’, and then ‘ΓIOS’. 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 ‘MANɤH’.

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: Christ, standing and facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he wears a colobium, which is a religious tunic, and a pallium, which is a type of woolen cloak; he raises his right hand in benediction; in his left hand, he holds the Book of Gospels, which is decorated with dots; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘X[C]’. Reverse: bust of John II, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, it says ‘Δ’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of Saint Demetrius, facing front; he has a halo; he wears a military cloak; to left, he holds a sword. Reverse: Bust of John II, 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 John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: Christ, standing and 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]’. Reverse: bust of John II, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, it says ‘IWΔ’. The inscription on the obverse in translation says ‘Jesus Christ’.