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Tessera (tenth/eleventh century?)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Faint traces of sigla on either side: μ̅θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). No border visible.

Reverse

Bust of an emperor wearing a crown with pendilia and holding the globus cruciger. Details indistinct. No epigraphy or border visible.

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God. Faint traces of sigla on either side: μ̅θ̅ : Μ(ήτηρ) Θ(εοῦ). No border visible.

Reverse

Bust of an emperor wearing a crown with pendilia and holding the globus cruciger. Details indistinct. No epigraphy or border visible.

Accession number BZS.1977.34.97
Diameter 18.0 mm

Commentary

The poor state of preservation makes the dating of this tessera very uncertain.