SH56037. Bronze half tetarteron, Morrisson BnF 61/Th/AE/09; DOC IV-1 18 var. (legend arrangement); CLBC I 4.4.5; Grierson 1101; SBCV 1975; Sommer 61.19, Choice gVF, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, weight 6.603g, maximum diameter 21.6mm, die axis 180
o, 1152 - c. 1160 A.D.; obverse Θ / Γ/E-ΩP/ΓI/OΣ (WR ligate), nimbate bust of St. George facing, beardless, wearing tunic, cuirass, and sagion, spear in right hand, shield on left arm; reverse MANYH-Λ ΔEC, Manuel, bust facing, wearing crown and loros, labarum headed scepter in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand;
oversized flan (normally 4.0 - 4.5 grams), fantastic for the type;
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