280, Lot: 408. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (30mm, 3.45 g, 12h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1160-1167(?). The Theotokos (Virgin Mary) enthtoned facing / Manuel and St. Demetrius standing facing, holding labarum between them. DOC 9; SB 1974. Near VF, double struck, flattened.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 1166.