BZ36572. Bronze half tetarteron, DOC IV-1 8; SBCV 1989; Hendy pl. 19, 4; Morrisson BnF - (p. 731); Wroth BMC 17-18; Ratto 2172; Sommer 62.6; CLBC I 5.4.4; Grierson 1115, F, ragged flan with edge splits, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 1.909g, maximum diameter 18.3mm, die axis 180
o, Sep 1183 - 12 Sep 1185 A.D.; obverse facing bust of the Virgin Orans, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, the nimbate head of the infant Christ on her chest,
MP -
ΘV (Greek abbreviation:
Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field; reverse ANΔP, half-length figure of Andronicus facing with forked beard, wearing crown, scaramangion and sagion, labarum (legionary vexillum standard with monogram of Christ) in left hand, globus cruciger in right hand;
rare;
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