CNG 84, Lot: 1640. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore Mancaphas. Usurper in Philadelphia, circa 1188-1189 and circa 1204-1206. BI Aspron Trachy (28mm, 2.44 g, 6h). Philadelphia(?) mint. Christ Pantokrator standing facing on daïs; [ΘΦ monograms to left and right] / Theodore standing facing, holding patriarchal cross. DOC 2; Bendall & Morrisson pl. XXV, 2; SB -. VF, brown patina, small hole in flan. Rare.

From the Peter Lee Collection.