THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Manuel I, Comnenus 8 April 1143 – 24 September 1180
Hyperpyron, Thessalonica 1143-1183 (?), AV 4.48 g. +KERO – HΘEI Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, pallium and colobium raising r. hand in benediction and holding scroll in l.; in field, IC – XC. Rev. MA/N_V/HΛ/ ΔΕC/ΠΟ/TH – Π/OP/ Φ/VPO/ΓE/NNH/T Manuel standing facing wearing crown, divitision and chlamys and holding labarum and globus cruciger ; in upper field to r., Manus Dei . DO 1f. Sear 1971.
Very rare. An insignificant mark on obverse,
otherwise extremely fine