Watch List notes:

Manuel I Comnenus, 1143-1180. Hyperpyron (Gold, 29 mm, 4.44 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 1167-1180. +ΚЄ ROHΘЄI Nimbate and beardless bust of Christ facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. Manuel standing facing, wearing crown and chlamys, holding labarum in his right hand and globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in his left; above, manus Dei; to left, MA/N૪/HΛ / ΔЄC/ΠO/T; to right, Tω/ΠO/ΦV/PO/ΓЄ/NNH/T/Ⲱ. DOC 1e. SB 1956. Minor weakness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.