Andronikos I Komnenos (1183-1185) Billon Aspron trachy (29mm and 3g) from the mint of Constantinople (Sear 1985). The coin depicts a facing and standing Andronikos wearing a crown with pendilia, a divitision and a loros. The emperor also has a labarum in his right hand and a globus cruciger in his left. Christ is standing at his right, and he’s wearing a pallium and a colobium. The nimbate Christ is also holding the Book of Gospels in his left hand, and he’s crowning Andronikos with his right. On the other side, there’s the Virgin nimbate, facing and standing on a dais. She’s wearing a pallium and a maphorium. She’s also holding the nimbate head of the infant Christ before her.

Isaac II Angelos, during his first reign (1185-1195), Billon Aspron trachy (30mm and 4,1g) from the mint of Constantinople (Sear 2003). The coin depicts a crowned, facing and standing Isaac holding a cruciform sceptre and an akakia. He’s also wearing a divitision, a loros and a saigon. On the other side, a facing and enthroned Theotokos holds the head of the Holy Infant on her lap.

Alexios III Angelos (1195-1204) Billon Aspron trachy (28mm and 3,1g) from the mint of Constantinople around 1195-1197 (Sear 2012). The coin depicts Alexios and a nimbate St Constantine. Both are crowned and holding a labarum (Alexios in his right hand and St. Constantine in his left). The two also hold together and between them a globus surmounted by a patriarchal cross. They are both wearing a divitision and a loros. On the other side, there’s a beardless facing bust of Christ wearing a nimbus cruciger, a pallium and a colobium. He’s also raising his right hand in benediction and holding a scroll in his left hand.

The last emperors of the 12th century (Andronikos I Komnenos + Isaac II Angelos + Alexios III Angelos)