Manuel I Comnenus AD 1143-1180. Struck circa 1160-1164. Constantinople
Aspron Trachy EL
33 mm., 4,61 g.
ΙC ΧC, Christ Pantocrator, standing facing, nimbate and enrobed, raising right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels with His left, in field to left and right, star / M-AN-VHΛ to left, O ΘЄ[...] to right, Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, both holding a sword in their outer hand, and holding a long patriarchal cross set on a globe between them.
nearly extremely fine
DOC 4b; Sear 1959.