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Byzantine Empire: Leo IV the Khazar (775-780) AR Miliaresion (Sear 1585; DOC III.1 3.5)
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Obv: IhSЧS XRISτЧS hICA; Cross potent on base and three steps, within a triple circle of dots
Rev: LЄOn/SCOҺST/AҺTInЄЄ/CΘЄЧ bA/SILIS in five lines, within a triple circle of dots
Dim: 21 mm, 1.7 g
This coin was overstruck on an Abbasid dirhem, with considerable parts of the undertype still visible
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