Manuel I Comnenus AV Hyperpyron. Constantinople, AD 1167-1183. KЄ ROHΘЄI, bust of Christ Pantokrator facing; IC-XC across fields / Manuel standing facing, wearing crown, divitsion and chlamys, holding labarum and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross; in upper field to right, manus Dei; MAИOVH ΔЄCΠOTH to left, TѠ ΠOPΦVPOΓЄИИHTѠ to right. DOC 1e; Sear 1956. 4.49g, 28mm, 6h.
Near Mint State; a minor scrape to obv., a superb example of the type.
From the Collection of GK, Ukrainian Emigrant;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG, Auction 92, 23 May 2016, lot 1060 (incorrectly attributed to the Thessalonica mint, hammer: 1,900 CHF).