CNG 94, Lot: 1527. Estimate $300. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (35mm, 4.13 g, 6h). Second coinage. Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1152-1167. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction / Manuel, holding akakia, and the Theotokos standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between. DOC 3b; SB 1958. Good VF, patches of dark toning. Well struck on a broad flan.

From the Sasha Collection.