Watch List notes:

Manuel I Comnenus, 1143-1180. Hyperpyron (Gold, 29 mm, 4.51 g, 6 h), Thessalonica. +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 cruciger in his left; above, manus Dei; to left, MA/N૪/[HΛ / ΔЄC/ΠO/TH]; to right, TⲰ / ΠO/PΦ/V/PO/Γ. DOC 1f. SB 1971. Very rare. Minor weakness on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.


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