Ancients
Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (4.88 gm). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1160-1164. 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. Beautiful rose-gold and pink toning.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 400-600 USD