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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 2183. Estimate $300. 
Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006. 
Sold For $505. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (4.37 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1160-1164. Facing bust of Christ, beardless, raising hand in benediction and holding scroll; nimbus with double-lined cross arms, five pellets in cross arms / Manuel standing facing, being crowned by manus Dei, holding labarum with two pellets on shaft and patriarchal cross on globe; four jewels on collar. DOC IV 1c; SB 1956. Near EF, light graffito at edge. Well struck.