Michael VIII Paleologus 1261-1282 AD, Billon Aspron Trachy, 
Constantinople mint. 23mm

IC-XC to left and right of Christ, seated facing.
B-retrograde B to left and right of Michael, seated, 
holding long cross and model castle.

SB 2280: DOC 107-108.

With permission of Herakles Numismatics on vcoins.com, April 2012.