Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1673. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $660. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MANUEL I Comnenus. 1143-1180 AD. AV Hyperpyron (4.22 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. +KERO HQEI IC XC, facing bust of Christ, raising hand in blessing and holding Gospels; nimbus with quincunx in arms of cross / MA NOV HL DEC PO T TW POP FV POG NH T in columns, Manuel standing facing, crowned by manus Dei, holding labarum and patriarchal globus; six jewels on collar, pellet on chlamys. DOC IV 1a.1; SB 1956. EF, nice sharp strike, typical double striking on reverse. ($500)