216, Lot: 490. Estimate $150. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. BI Aspron Trachy (28mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck AD 1137-1143. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Crowned facing bust of John, holding scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 10b; SB 1944. Good VF, brown patina, light roughness.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.