346, Lot: 558. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy Nomisma (29mm, 2.15 g, 6h). Second coinage. Constantinople mint. Struck 1152-circa 1167. Christ Pantokrator seated facing on throne; barred IC XC across upper field / Manuel and the Theotokos standing facing, holding patriarchal cross on small globe between them. DOC 3 var. (Manuel’s collar-piece has more than three jewels); SB 1958; CLBC 4.2.2. EF.