John II, Comnenus (1118-1143), hyperpyron, Constantinople, Christ enthroned facing wearing nimbus, rev., half-length figures of John and Virgin facing holding patriarchal cross between them, Manus Dei above emperor; 4.16g (DO 1a.2; S. 1938), flan crack and scuff on Christ's portrait, otherwise about extremely fine Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.
(250-350 GBP)