Byzantine AV Hyperpyron Nomisma - Michael VIII Palaiologos (1261-1282 AD)
4.25 g. 25mm. AU/AU Mint luster. Graffity B. Gold. Constantinople. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; across field / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated facing to right and holding scroll; cross in upper field. Sear 2242.