1179-1180 AD., Manuel I Comnenus, Billon Aspron Trachy, Constantinopolis mint, Sear 1966.
Byzantine empire, Manuel I Comnenus, Constantinopolis mint, secondary officina „D“ („Stars“), 7th Series, 1179-1180 AD.,
Aspron Trachy (28-31 mm / 4,29 g), Billon, axes coin alignment ↑↓ (ca. 180°),
Obv.: IC - XC (bar above) in field, six-pointed stars flanking below, Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and colobion, seated upon throne without back; holds gospels in left hand.
Rev.: [MANYH]Λ - M - IΘ Δ[ЄCΠOTHC] (or similar) , full-length figure of emperor, bearded on left, crowned by Virgin nimbate. Emperor wears stemma, divitision, collar-peice, and jewelled loros of simplified type; holds in right hand labarum-headed scepter, and in left globus cruciger. Virgin wears tunic and maphorion; M between their heads. One jewels on emperor's loros between waist and collar piece. Loros waist has 5 pellets. Collar has 1 jewel.
Sear BC 1966 ; Petzlaff 3.4 ; Dumbarton Oaks IV 13.(x) .