BZ76643. Bronze half tetarteron, cf. DOC IV-1 18; Morrisson BnF 61/Th/AE/05; CLBC I 4.4.5; Grierson 1101; SBCV 1975; Sommer 61.19 (none with same rev. leg. arrangement), VF, well centered, nice face of St. George, nice green patina, Manuel's face weakly struck, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 2.773g, maximum diameter 21.5mm, die axis 180
o, 1152 - c. 1160 A.D.; obverse Θ / Γ/E-ΩP/ΓI/OΣ (wP ligate), nimbate bust of St. George facing, beardless, wearing tunic, cuirass, and sagion, spear in right hand, shield on left arm; reverse MANYH-Λ - ΔECΠOTH, Manuel, bust facing, wearing crown and loros, labarum headed scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand;
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