Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1067. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. EL Aspron Trachy (4.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Second coinage, 1152-1167(?). Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels / Manuel, bearded, and the Theotokos standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC IV 3a; SB 1958. Good VF, toned.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.