129, Lot: 412. Estimate $500. Sold for $498. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MANUEL I, Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (31mm, 4.33 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1152-1160. Nimbate bust of Christ facing, holding Gospels / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger; manus Dei crowning him from above; five jewels in collar. DOC IV 1b.2 var. (reverse legend); SB 1956. Near EF, traces of deposits, slight obverse die shift.