428, Lot: 466. Estimate $100. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. Æ Half Tetarteron (18.2mm, 2.36 g, 5h). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1160-1167(?). Facing bust of Christ Emmanuel, raising right hand in benediction, holding volumen in left / Manuel standing facing, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 21; SB 1978. VF, dark green patina with some earthen highlights/deposits.
From the Iconodule Collection.