Very Rare Mancaphas Aspron Trachy

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1698. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore Mancaphas. Usurper in Philadelphia, circa 1188-1189 & 1204-1206. BI Aspron Trachy (3.95 g, 7h). Philadelphia(?) mint. Christ standing facing on daïs, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; QF monograms flanking / +CO[D]OPOZ, Theodore standing facing, holding patriarchal cross. DOC IV p. 395, note 18; Bendall & Morrisson pl. XXV, 2; SB -. Good VF, dark green patina. Very rare. A similar specimen, offered in LHS 97 (lot 204), realized CHF 2800.