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Tessera (tenth/eleventh century?)

 
 

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God; details indistinct. No sigla visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length of an emperor holding a cross sceptre over his right shoulder and a globus in his left hand. A cross at left and perhaps the remnant of an inscription. Border of dots.

Obverse

Bust of the Mother of God; details indistinct. No sigla visible. Border of dots.

Reverse

Half-length of an emperor holding a cross sceptre over his right shoulder and a globus in his left hand. A cross at left and perhaps the remnant of an inscription. Border of dots.

Accession number BZS.1977.34.98
Diameter 18.0 mm