379, Lot: 411. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus, with Irene and John II. 1081-1118. BI Aspon Trachy (28mm, 3.24 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1092-1093. John II, holding labarum and globus cruciger, standing facing, being crowned by Christ, holding Gospels / Alexius and Irene standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 24; CLBC 2.3.1.A; SB 1916. VF, typical weak strike. Very rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Triton IX (9 January 2006), lot 1671.

This type and the associated electrum trachy (SB 1914) are coronation issues marking the elevation of John II to co-ruler in 1092.