374, Lot: 624. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (29mm, 1.94 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1143-circa 1152. Facing bust of Christ Emmanuel; barred IC - XC across upper field / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, and being crowned and blessed by the Virgin Mary to right; six pellets in loros end. DOC 7; SB 1972. VF, small flan crack. Rare.