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Tetarteron - Isaac Komnenos Usurpation of Cyprus
| Issuer | Byzantine Empire |
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| Year | 1187-1191 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Christ Emmanuel depicted facing, enthroned on a high-backed throne, shown beardless and youthful in accordance with the Emmanuel iconographic type. The nimbus is cruciform with a pellet in each arm, and He is vested in colobium and pallium. The right hand is raised in the gesture of benediction while the left hand holds a scroll. Nomina sacra abbreviations flank the nimbus, with further vertical inscriptions in the left and right fields of the coin. |
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| Obverse lettering | IC XC O / IЄ / MM / A N / δ / H / Λ |
| Reverse description | Isaac Komnenos, self-styled ruler of Cyprus, depicted standing facing on the right, wearing the stemma and imperial regalia comprising the divitision and loros. He holds a cruciger sceptre in the left hand and the akakia in the right. To his left stands the Virgin Mary, facing right, wearing pallium and maphorium, extending her left hand to crown the figure of Isaac. A horizontal inscription appears at the top between the two figures, with retrograde vertical inscriptions in the left and right fields identifying the subjects. |
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