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ID:     8813
     [UNVERIFIED]
Type:     Byzantine
Region:     BYZANTINE EMPIRE
Issuer:     Manuel I, Comnenus
Date Ruled:     AD 1143-1180
Metal:     Gold
Denomination:     Hyperpyron
Struck / Cast:     struck
Date Struck:     A.D. 8 April 1143 - 24 September 1180
Diameter:     29.4 mm
Weight:     4.27 g
Die Axis:     6 h
Obverse Legend:     + KE RO-[HΘEI] / IC - XC
Obverse Description:     Bust of Christ facing, beardless, wearing numbus cr., pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, scroll in left
Reverse Legend:     ΜΑ/ΝΥ/ΗΛ / ∆ΕC/ΠΟ/Τ/Η / ΤΩ/ΠΟΡ/ΦΥ/ΡΟΓ/ΝΗ/Τ
Reverse Description:     Manuel standing facing wearing crown, divitision and chlamys, labarum in left, patriarchal globus cruciger in right, hand of God (manus Dei) upper right crowns him
Mint:     Constantinople
Primary Reference:     SB 1956
Photograph Credit:     FORUM ANCIENT COINS
Source:     http://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?zpg=6331