Description: Manuel I (1143 - 1180). AE Half Tetarteron. Crowned, unbearded bust of Manuel facing, wearing loros, holding labarum / Monogram (cross with letters MΛΔKΠ).

Diameter: AE17 mm

Weight: 2,34 g

Grade: VF/VF

Attribution: SB 1979

Commentary: attractive green patina, reverse slightly off-center

History: In 1155 Manuel I send a small Byzantine fleet to invade the Southern Italy (at the time under the Norman rule) - last time the Byzantine soldiers set foot on the land of former Western Roman Empire.

Article Number: 049-10-04-41652