Ancients
Manuel I Comnenus (1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (4.21 gm). NGC MS 4/5 - 3/5, light graffiti. Constantinople, 1160-1164. Barred IC - XC, Christ Pantocrator standing facing on low daïs, with cruciform nimbus, wearing pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels, flanked by two large stars / Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, each holding a sword, both holding between them patriarchal cross set on globus; three pellets on shaft. Sear 1959.
Estimate: 900-1100 USD