CNG 93, Lot: 1403. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. AV Hyperpyron (28mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1118-1122. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / Half-length figures of John II and the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) facing, holding patriarchal cross between them; above John, manus Dei emerging from clouds; John holds akakia. DOC 1a; SB 1938. EF, graffiti on obverse at about 9 o’clock, a few marks from 3 to 5 o’clock.