348, Lot: 709. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy Nomisma (26mm, 1.68 g, 6h). First coinage. Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1160-1167. The Theotokos seated facing, holding head of Holy Infant on breast / Manuel and St. Demetrius standing facing, holding labarum between them. DOC 9; SB 1974; CLBC 4.2.6. Near EF, ragged edges, clipped.