455, Lot: 452. Estimate $500. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus I Comnenus. 1183-1185. EL Aspron Trachy (31mm, 3.67 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos, orans, standing facing on dais; facing bust of the Holy Infant on breast / Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned by Christ, holding Gospels. DOC 2b; 1984. Flan crack, internal surface cracks, double strike on obverse. Near EF.

From the J.B. Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 170 (13 October 2008), lot 3131.