CNG 91, Lot: 1118. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (29mm, 4.20 g, 7h). First coinage. Thessalonica mint. Struck 1118-circa 1122. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Half-length figures of John II, being crowned by manus Dei to right, and the Theotokos, facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 4; SB 1947. EF, graffito ‘X’ in reverse margin, slightly wavy flan.