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Byzantine Empire: Michael VIII Palaeologos (1261-1282) Æ Trachy, Constantinople (Sear 2267; Bendall-Donald C.10; PCPC 28; DOC V 71-2; Lianta 525-26)
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Obv: O/AΓI/S to left, ΓЄ/ШPΓ/I/S to right or variation; Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; right hand holds spear resting over shoulder; left hand holds shield
Rev: X/M/ΔЄ/CΠ/OT to left, O/ΠΛ/Ш/Γ/I to right or variation; Full-length figure of emperor on left, and of St. Constantine, bearded; between them patriarchal cross on long shaft; Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and panelled loros of simplified type; right hand holds labarum-headed scepter; Saint similarly dressed; left hand holds trilobite scepter
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