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Byzantine Empire, Manuel I Comnenus, 8 April 1143 - 24 September 1180 A.D.
"CONSTANTINOPOLIS (Istanbul, Turkey - 41°02'N, 28°57'E), founded as Byzantium about 660 BC by Greeks from Megara, is located on the European side of the southern end of the Bosporus. It became a Roman ally in the second century BC, and maintained independent status until at least the first century AD. It was destroyed by Septimius Severus for aiding Pescennius Niger, but rebuilt within the same reign. Constantine I re-founded it as his capital, gave it his name, and opened a mint which struck for over 1,100 years under the Romans and Byzantines. It became the capital of the Byzantine Empire."- from Moneta Historical Research by Tom SchroerBZ95158. Bronze tetarteron, DOC IV-1 14; Hendy pl. 17, 5-6; Wroth BMC 70; Grierson 1093; SBCV 1967, gF, porosity, edge crack, beveled edge on reverse, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.859g, maximum diameter 18.4mm, die axis 180o, c. 1152 - 1160 A.D.; obverse bust of Christ facing, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, raising right hand in benediction, scroll in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) flanking across field; reverse MANVHΛ ΔECΠOTHC, bust facing, wearing crown, stemma, divitision collar-piece and paneled loros, labarum in right hand, globus cruciger in left hand; from the S. Lindner Collection; SOLD
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