Description: Manuel I Comnenus (1143 - 1180). AE Tetarteron, Thessalonica mint 1152-1160. O ΓEWPΓIOC; facing bust of St. George, holding spear and shield / MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOT; facing bust of Manuel, holding labarum and globus cruciger.

Diameter: AE21 mm

Weight: 4,66 g

Grade: aVF/VF

Attribution: DOC 18; SB 1975

Commentary: dark brown-grey patina, good details

History: To check the Normans in Italy and Sicily Manuel enlisted alliances with German kings and the papacy.

Article Number: 026-03-06-44365