CNG 94, Lot: 1525. Estimate $400. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (31mm, 4.36 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1160-1164. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and patriarchal cross on globe, being crowned by manus Dei; four pellets on collar; uncertain ornament on chlamys. DOC 1c var. (no ornament on chlamys); SB 1956. Near EF, toned, die shift and flan flaw on obverse.

From the Sasha Collection. Ex Heritage 3012 (2 January 2011), lot 24780.