Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (34mm, 4.55 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, edge crimps, brushed. Constantinople, AD 1152-1157. IC-XC (barred), Christ seated facing on backless throne, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, cradling book of Gospels on lap / MANΩHΛ-ΔECΠOTH, Manuel I (on left), bearded, standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia, divitision and loros, star patterns of beads on belt, akakia in right hand, and the Virgin (on right) nimbate, standing facing, wearing pallium and maphorium, holding patriarchal cross between them; M-Θ by head of Virgin. Sear 1958. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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