135, Lot: 361. Estimate $150. Sold for $171. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MANUEL I, Comnenus. 1143-1180 AD. EL Aspron Trachy (31mm, 4.50 g). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ / Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and akakia; manus Dei above. DOC IV 5a; SB 1960. VF, flan crack, graffiti in field.

From the Marc Poncin Collection.