354, Lot: 702. Estimate $150. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. Æ Half Tetarteron (15mm, 2.01 g, 5h). Type B. Uncertain mint in Greece. Struck circa 1152-1160. Nimbate and cuirassed bust of St. George facing, holding spear and shield / Draped bust of Manuel facing, holding cruciform scepter and globus cruciger. DOC 23; Hendy pl. 18, 3-4; SB 1980. Near EF, brown patina, some light smoothing. Choice for issue.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 863151 (February 2010).