CNG 99, Lot: 868. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus I Comnenus. 1183-1185. BI Aspron Trachy (30mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary standing facing on [dais], holding facing bust of the Holy Infant / Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, being crowned by Christ, holding Gospels. DOC 3b; CLBC 5.3.1; SB 1985. Near EF, brown surfaces. An attractive example.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.