Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (31mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1152-1160. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; nimbus with five pellets in each double-lined arm / Manuel standing facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, holding labarum and patriarchal globus cruciger; manus Dei above; eight jewels on collar, six pellets in chlamys end. DOC 1b var. (placement of ornaments on chlamys); SB 1956. In NGC encapsulation 6330012-010, graded Ch AU, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 5/5.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 1523.