Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpron (29.5mm, 4.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1160-circa 1164. 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; four jewels on collar, six pellets in chlamys end. DOC 1c.4; SB 1956. In NGC encapsulation 6558180-008, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 5/5.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Naumann 87 (1 March 2020), lot 801.