147, Lot: 582. Estimate $200. Sold for $271. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (32mm, 4.38 g). 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. DOC IV 1a.1; SB 1956. Good VF, a little double struck, graffiti.
From the Henry Chitwood Collection.