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Tetarteron - Andronikos I Komnenos Mary orans
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire (Byzantine states) |
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| Year | 1183-1185 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the Virgin Mary (Theotokos) depicted in the orans posture, with both arms raised and hands open at shoulder level in the traditional gesture of prayer. The Virgin is shown veiled and nimbed, wearing maphorion, rendered in a hieratic Byzantine style within a dotted inner border. The abbreviation MHP ΘV (Meter Theou, Mother of God) appears divided to either side of the figure in the field. |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (1183-1185) - Constantinopolis |
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