335, Lot: 680. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (31mm, 4.06 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1160-1164. Christ Pantokrator standing facing on low daïs; stars flanking / Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, each holding a sword and a patriarchal cross set on globus between them. DOC 4c; SB 1959. Good VF, flan crack, light marks.

From the El Cid Collection.