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Keystone Auction 11 3 Mar 2023
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Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (31.5mm, 4.46 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1160-1164. Christ Pantokrator standing facing on low daïs; stars flanking / Manuel and St. Theodore standing facing, each holding a sword and holding a patriarchal cross set on globus between them; pellet on shaft of patriarchal cross. DOC 4; SB 1959; Gorny & Mosch 244, lot 664 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation 2411225-005, graded Ch AU★, Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Chris Connell Collection (Stack's Bowers Galleries, 14 January 2022), lot 3158.
An interesting engraver's error on the obverse die featuring the abbreviation flanking Christ's head beginning with the characters for the Theotokos and ending with those proper to Christ. Evidently a mistake made during the engraving process which was subsequently adjusted to the correct characters for Christ halfway through engraving the die. We could find only one other example in CoinArchives of this interesting obverse die.
From the Gasvoda Collection. Ex Chris Connell Collection (Stack's Bowers Galleries, 14 January 2022), lot 3158.
An interesting engraver's error on the obverse die featuring the abbreviation flanking Christ's head beginning with the characters for the Theotokos and ending with those proper to Christ. Evidently a mistake made during the engraving process which was subsequently adjusted to the correct characters for Christ halfway through engraving the die. We could find only one other example in CoinArchives of this interesting obverse die.