135, Lot: 359. Estimate $200. Sold for $341. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JOHN II, Comnenus. 1118-1143. AV Hyperpyron (28mm, 4.28 g). Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1118-1122. Christ enthroned facing / Facing busts of John, holding akakia, and the Virgin Mary, holding patriarchal cross between them; manus Dei above. DOC IV 4.1; SB 1947. VF.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.