Copper Tetarteron of John III Vatatzes, Magnesia ad Meandron
r. 1221-1254
John III
Byzantine
Obv.: Bust of St. George, beardless and nimbate, wearing tunic, breastplate, and sagion; holds in r. hand spear, resting over shoulder, and in l., shield.
Rev.: Full-length figure of emperor wearing stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, jeweled loros of simplified type, and sagion; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., anexikakia.
Copper
Byzantine period, Middle