1183-1185 AD., Andronicos I. (Comnenus), Thessalonica mint, Tetarteron, Sear BC 1987.
Andronicos I. (Comnenus), Thessalonica mint, 1183-1185 AD.,
Æ Tetarteron (ø 4,17 mm / 20-22 g), bronze, axes irregular alignment ↑↠(ca. 270°), overstruck,
Obv.: [ANΔPONIKOC] , Andronicus, crowned, with forked beard, half-length figure facing, wearing chlamys, holding labarum and orb (globus cruciger, cross on globe).
Rev.: {MHP} - {ΘV} , facing bust of the Virgin, orans, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium; MHP (in ligature and overlined) and ΘV (in ligature, overlined?) on either side, the nimbate head of the infant Christ facing left before her.
Sear BC 1987 ; BMC 13-16 .