Price Realized:
$161.00
Item Description

Manuel I (A.D. 1143-1180). EL Aspron Trachy. 
Constantinople. Sear 1961. Ratto 2118. EF. 3.36 grams, 28.20 mm. 
Obv Seated figure of Christ, facing, nimbus cruciger behind, 
holding the Book of Gospels. Rev Standing, facing, figure of 
Manuel I, on l. wearing chlamys, holding labarum and globus 
cruciger, crowned by the standing, facing, figure of the 
nimbate Virgin, on r. Imperfect strike and planchet crack, 
otherwise EF. ($40-60)

Courtesy of Stacks Ltd, Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. Collection 
Sale, 4/15/2005, lot 45.