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’; to right, ‘ΓO’. 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’, followed by a backwards ‘Σ’, then ‘IOC’.

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’; to right, ‘ΓIOC’. 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’, followed by a backwards ‘Z’, then ‘IOC’; to right, ‘ΔEC’.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Saint George, facing front; he has a halo; to right, he holds a spear; to left, inscription says ‘P’ attached to a ‘W’; to right, ‘ΓIO’. Reverse: Alexius III, standing and facing front; he wears a labarum, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to right, inscription says ‘ΔC’.

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; to left, he holds a cruciform sceptre; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘ΛE’, followed by a backwards ‘Z’, then ‘I’; to right, ‘ΔC’.

Byzantine coin of Alexius III, 1195-1203. Obverse: bust of Saint George, facing front; he has a halo; to right, he holds a spear; to left, inscription says ‘ʘΓE’, followed by a ‘P’ attached to a ‘W’; to right, ‘ΓIO’. Reverse: Alexius III, standing and facing front; he wears a chlamys; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard; to right, he holds a globus cruciger; to left, inscription says ‘ΛE…IOC’; to right, ‘ΔECΠOT’.

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.