147, Lot: 580. Estimate $200. Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John II Comnenus. 1118-1143. AV Hyperpyron (30mm, 4.15 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 1118-1122. Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels / Half-length figures of John and the Virgin Mary facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC IV 1a; SB 1938. VF, a little wavy.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.