Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of Saint Demetrius, facing front; he has a halo; he wears a military cloak; to left, he holds a sword. Reverse: Bust of John II, facing front; he wears a loros, an embroidered and jewelled scarf; to left, he holds a labarum, a military standard;...

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left, inscription says ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of John II, facing front; to right, he holds a globus cruciger. The inscription on t...

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: Christ, standing on a footstool and facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he wears a colobium, which is a religious tunic, and a pallium, which is a type of woolen cloak; he raises his right hand in b...

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: Christ, standing and facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he raises his right hand in benediction; in his left hand, he holds the Book of Gospels; to left, inscription says ‘[IC]’; to right, ‘XC’. Re...

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of the Virgin Mary, facing front; she raises her hands in prayer; to left, inscription says ‘MP’; to right, ‘Θ[V]’. Reverse: John II, standing and facing front; he wears a chlamys and a divitision, which is a military tunic; to left, he holds a ...

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he raises his right hand in benediction; in his left hand, he holds the Book of Gospels; to left, inscription says ‘I[C]’; to right, ‘X[C]’. Rever...

Byzantine coin of John II of Trebizond, 1280-1297. Obverse: Saint Eugene, standing and facing front; he wears a long cloak; to left, he holds a long staff; to left, inscription begins with an ‘A’ inside of an ‘O’, and then says ‘EV’; to right, it says ‘ΓE’. Reverse: bust of John II, facing front;...

Byzantine coin of John II, 1118-1143. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; he raises his right hand in benediction; in his left hand, he holds the Book of Gospels; to left, inscription says ‘[I]C’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse...

Byzantine coin of Alexius I, 1081-1118. Obverse: patriarchal cross on two steps; to left, ‘[A]K’ in a vertical position; to right, ‘ΔΦ’ in a vertical position. Reverse: bust of Alexius I, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a jewelled sceptre.

Byzantine coin of Alexius I, 1081-1118. Obverse: bust of Christ, facing front; he has a nimbus cruciger around his head, which is a cross within a halo; to left, ‘IC’; to right, ‘XC’. Reverse: bust of Alexius I, facing front; he wears a jewelled chlamys; to left, he holds a long cross; to right, ...