Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1130. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JOHN II, Comnenus. 1118-1143. AV Hyperpyron (4.29 gm). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1118-1122. Christ, nimbate, enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / IW DECPOTH, half-length busts of John and the Virgin Mary facing, holding patriarchal cross between them, manus Dei above; MHTP above Mary, QU to right. DOC IV 4 var. (legend); SB 1947. EF, light graffiti. ($400)

Mary's title is reversed from its usual orientation.