174, Lot: 308. Estimate $75. Sold for $87. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus I Comnenus. 1183-1185. BI Aspron Trachy (32mm, 4.91 g). Constantinople mint. Struck 1152-1160. Nimbate standing figure of the Virgin, holding bust of infant Christ / Christ crowns the standing emperor, who holds labarum and globus cruciger. DOC IV 3a; SB 1985. VF, toned.

From the Chris Connell Collection.