BZ95156. Billon aspron trachy, CLBC I 6.2.1 (R2); DOC IV-1 2, pl. XVIII B.2; SBCV 1991; Grierson 1117; Hendy p. 136 & pl. 19, 6, F, weak strike, porous, edge cracks, Cyprus main (Nicosia?) mint, weight 4.632g, maximum diameter 31.2mm, die axis 180
o, c. 1187 - 1191; obverse MP - ΘV, the Virgin, nimbate, seated facing on throne without back, nimbate head of infant Christ on breast; reverse IC-AA-KIOC - OΓEWPΓIOC (clockwise on left, columnar on right), Isaac (on left) and St. George stand facing full-length, holding patriarchal cross between them, Isaac crowned and wearing imperial dress, anexikakia in right hand; Saint nimbate, in military attire, sword in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection;
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