Sale: Triton VI, Lot: 1226. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Monday, 13 January 2003.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MANUEL I. 1143-1180 AD. AV Hyperpyron (4.26 gm). Constantinople mint. +KERO HQEI, nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding scroll; quincunx in arms of cross / MA NOV HL ÐEC PO T H TW P OP FV PO GE NNH TW in columns, Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and patriarchal globus; nine jewels on collar, pellets on chlamys end, "hourglass" on chlamys. DOC IV 1e.6; cf. BN 8; SB 1956. EF, nice sharp strike. ($400)