John II Comnenus AV Hyperpyron. Constantinople, AD 1118-1122. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC-XC across upper fields / Facing half-length figures of John, wearing crown with pendilia and panelled loros, and the Virgin Mary, nimbate, wearing tunic and maphorium, holding patriarchal cross between them; ⧾ IѠ ΔCCΠΟΤΗ to left, manus Dei to upper left, ΘV-MP in right field. DOC 1b; Sear 1938. 4.37g, 30mm, 6h.
Mint State; slight obv. die shift, minor graffiti in outer fields, highly lustrous.
From the Sarmas Collection.