1/2 Tetrateron, Byzantine Empire, 1143 - 1180
date: label: date made
content: 1143 - 1180
label: date made
content: 1143 -1180
name: label: head of government
content: Manuel I Emperor of Byzantium
label: maker
content: Manuel I Emperor of Byzantium
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: One (1) 1/2 tetarteron coin, Manuel I
label: Description (Brief)
content: Byzantine Empire, 1143 - 1180
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Image: Portrait bust of Saint George facing beardless, wearing nimbus, tunic, cuirass, sagion and holding a spear and shield.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: GEWRGIOS
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Image: Manuel stands bearded wearing a crown and loros while holding a labarum and globus cruciger.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Reverse Text: MANGHΛ / ΔECΠOTHC
label: Description (Brief)
content: General Information: Obverse face includes a bust of Christ with right hand in benediction, with halo, mostly obscured. Reverse includes forward facing bust, mostly worn away.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Turkey: İstanbul province, Istanbul
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content: Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. William V. Cash
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: NU.68.96.9
label: accession number
content: 279169
label: catalog number
content: 68.96.9
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Coin
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 m x 15.8 m; 3 9/32 ft x 51 27/32 ft