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Coin of Manuel I

Coin of Manuel I

r. 1143 -1180

Manuel I

Byzantine

Obv.: Small neat letters. Rev.: Bust of emperor, beardless, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece (most frequently decorated with five jewels), and paneled loros of simplified type; holds in r. hand labarum on long shaft, and in l., gl. cr. Six jewels on collar-piece.

Bronze

Byzantine period

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