CNG 94, Lot: 1523. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (30mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1152-1160. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and patriarchal cross on globe, being crowned by manus Dei; five pellets on collar; square on chlamys. DOC 1b var. (placement of ornament on chlamys); SB 1956. EF.

From the Iconodule Collection.