Description: Obverse: Half-length figure of Virgin, facing, nimbate, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, within the walls of Constantinople; sigla Π Λ(?). Reverse: Full-length figure of Christ in centre, bearded and nimbate, crowning two emperors; to r. full-length figure of emperor Michael, beardless, wearing stemma, collar-piece and loros; hand on breast and to r. full-length figure of emperor Andronikos, bearded, wearing stemma, collar-piece and loros; hand upon breast.
Inscriptions: Obverse: MIXAHΛ (Michael) ANΔPOHIC (Andronikos) IC XC (Jesus Christ)
Bibliography: DOC V.488-492.Var.
|