Watch List notes:

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (33mm, 4.66 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1152-circa 1160. Christ Pantokrator seated facing / Manuel, holding akakia, and the Virgin Mother, raising hand in benediction, supporting patriarchal cross between them. DOC 8; CLBC 4.2.2.A; SB 1973. Good VF, crimped edge.


From the M. A. Armstrong Collection.