Michael VII Ducas, with Maria, AV Tetarteron Nomisma. Constantinople, AD 1071-1078. +ΘKE RO-HΘEI+, facing bust of the Virgin Mary, holding medallion containing facing bust of the Holy Infant; MHTP ligate – ΘV across fields / +MIXAHΛ S MAPIA, Crowned facing busts of Michael and Maria, each wearing loros, holding between them long cross with X and pellet-in-crescent on shaft. DOC 5; Morgan Fitts p. 30 (this coin illustrated [rev. only]); Sear 1872. 4.08g, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine; clipped.
This coin published in P. Morgan Fitts, The Beginner's Guide to Identifying Byzantine Coins (2015);
Ex Prue Morgan Fitts Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 99, 13 May 2015, lot 856.