Byzantine AE Trachy (Bronze, 2.42g, 25mm) Michael VIII Palaeologus, Constantinople mint, (1261-1282)
Obv.: Χ/Μ from l., Χ/Α/Ρ/Γ from r.; Archangel Michael beardless, wearing tunic, breastplate and sagion; standing straight, holding sword or sceptre in right hand;
Rev: Χ/M ΔЄ/C Π/Ο/Τ/ C in l. field, O / ΠAΛ/Є/O/Λ/Γ/O in r. field; Michael standing straight, wearing stemma, divitision and loros, and sagion; holding labarum and aneksikakia.
Ref: Sear 2239, Similar to Sear 2282: Bendall-Donald 1974, p. 17, C.22; PCPC 46; DOC V, Class XXIV, pl. 7, 110-113 (1.82g, 2.89g, 2.83g, 2.02g); LBC Ashmolean 562-563 (2.43g, 3.12g);