Byzantine coin from the 13th century CE. Obverse: Christ, enthroned; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cross within a halo; to left and right, stars; to right, inscription says ‘XC’. Reverse: two figures, standing and facing front. Coin is concave.
Byzantine coin from the 11th to 14th centuries CE. Obverse: enthroned figure, possibly with a halo; to left, he holds something long, like a cruciform sceptre or spear; to right, there is a backwards ‘R’ above ‘N’. Reverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he wears a nimbus cruciger, which is a cros...
Byzantine coin from the 7th century CE. Obverse: there is a circular punch slightly off-centre, which is approximately 0.6cm wide; within the circular punch, there is an ‘X’; the original obverse is indecipherable. Reverse: there is a circular punch off to one side, which is approximately 0.5cm w...
Byzantine coin from the 6th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing right; he has a diadem and wears a chlamys; there are no inscriptions. Reverse: large ‘K’. Collector’s note says that this coin is very rare. It is most likely from the 6th century CE as the emperor is facing right and we...
Byzantine coin from the 6th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing right; he has a diadem; there are no inscriptions. Reverse: six pointed star. Collector’s note says that this coin is an ‘anonymous issue’. It is most likely from the 6th century CE as the emperor is facing right and wear...
Byzantine coin from the 6th or 7th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing front; to left, he holds a long cross; to left, inscription says ‘T’; to right, it is illegible. Reverse: large ‘K’; to left, cross; beneath, ‘CRT’.
Byzantine coin from the 7th century CE. Obverse: bust of an emperor, facing front. Reverse: large ‘M’; above, monogram; in exergue, ‘CON’. The monogram is difficult to decipher, but it most likely corresponds to monogram 25 in the Sear catalogue.
Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: bust of Heraclius, facing forward, wearing crown with cross; to left, star; to right, crescent moon. Reverse: a cross resting on a globe; to left, ‘I’; to right, ‘B’; in exergue, ‘AΛEΞ’.
Byzantine coin of Heraclius, 610-641. Obverse: two busts, facing front; to left, Heraclius; to right, Heraclius Constantine, his son; Heraclius is larger than his son; each wears a chlamys and a crown with cross; to left, inscription is illegible; to right, it says ‘P’. Reverse: Large ‘IB’; in be...
Byzantine coin of Justin I and Justinian I during joint rule, 527. Obverse: two busts of Justin I and Justinian I, facing front; between them, cross; to left, inscription says ‘YNID’; to right, ‘DIPP’. Reverse: the goddess Tyche of Antioch, enthroned and facing left; to left, backwards ‘E’.