| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24223 Price realized: 360 USD (Approx. 338 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (31mm, 4.68 gm, 6h). NGC MS 4/5 - 2/5, graffiti, brushed. Constantinople, AD 1160-1164. IC-XC (barred), Christ standing facing on dais, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in limbs, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left / MA-NΩHΛ-O / ΘЄ/Ο/Δ/Ω/Ρ/OC, Manuel I, bearded (on left) and St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate (on right) both standing facing, jointly holding patriarchal cross with large globus on base between them, emperor wearing crown, divitision and loros, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword on hip, saint wearing military attire with left hand on pommel of sheathed sword at hip. Sear 1959. Struck during a period of tension between the Byzantine Empire and the Western European Crusader forces, this coin is symbolic of Manuel I's desire to preserve the power and independence of the Byzantine realm from the "Latins," who the Byzantines always mistrusted and disliked. The patriarchal cross on the reverse of the coin, a major symbol of Orthodox Christianity, would have signaled Manuel's desire to protect his people, empire, and faith from the hostile Roman Catholic Crusaders, as would the depiction of St. Theodore, a popular saint in the Byzantine cultural sphere. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-manuel-i-comnenus-ad-1143-1180-el-aspron-trachy-31mm-468-gm-6h-ngc-ms-4-5-2-5-graffiti-brushed/a/61386-24223.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61357 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 22096 Price realized: 430 USD (Approx. 393 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (32mm, 4.38 gm, 6h). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1160-1164. IC-XC (barred), Christ standing facing on dais, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in limbs, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left; eight-pointed star to either side / M-AN-ΩHΛ-O / ΘЄ/Ο/Δ/Ω/Ρ/OC, Manuel I, bearded (on left) and St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate (on right) both standing facing, jointly holding patriarchal cross with large globus on base between them, emperor wearing crown, divitision and loros, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword on hip, saint wearing military attire with left hand on pommel of sheathed sword at hip. Sear 1959. Struck during a period of tension between the Byzantine Empire and the Western European Crusader forces, this coin is symbolic of Manuel I's desire to preserve the power and independence of the Byzantine realm from the "Latins," who the Byzantines always mistrusted and disliked. The patriarchal cross on the reverse of the coin, a major symbol of Orthodox Christianity, would have signaled Manuel's desire to protect his people, empire, and faith from the hostile Roman Catholic Crusaders, as would the depiction of St. Theodore, a popular saint in the Byzantine cultural sphere. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-manuel-i-comnenus-ad-1143-1180-el-aspron-trachy-32mm-438-gm-6h-ngc-ms-4-5-4-5/a/61357-22096.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61357-01142024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61357 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 22097 Price realized: 450 USD (Approx. 411 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (32mm, 4.17 gm, 5h). NGC MS 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1160-1164. IC-XC (barred), Christ standing facing on dais, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in limbs, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left; eight-pointed star to either side / M-AN-ΩHΛ-O / ΘЄ/Ο/Δ/Ω/Ρ/OC, Manuel I, bearded (on left) and St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate (on right) both standing facing, jointly holding patriarchal cross with two crosses on shaft and large globus on base between them, emperor wearing crown, divitision and loros, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword on hip, saint wearing military attire with left hand on pommel of sheathed sword at hip. Sear 1959. Ex Heritage Auctions, Auction 232215 (13 April 2022), lot 62329. Struck during a period of great tension between the Byzantine Empire and the Western European Crusader forces, this coin is symbolic of Manuel I's desire to preserve the power and independence of the Byzantine realm from the ever-threatening "Latins." The patriarchal cross on the reverse of the coin, a major symbol of Orthodox Christianity, would have signaled Manuel's desire to protect his people, empire, and faith from the hostile Roman Catholic Crusaders, as would the depiction of St. Theodore, a popular saint in the Byzantine cultural sphere. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-manuel-i-comnenus-ad-1143-1180-el-aspron-trachy-32mm-417-gm-5h-ngc-ms-4-5-4-5/a/61357-22097.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61357-01142024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61357 | Auction date: 14 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 22095 Price realized: 320 USD (Approx. 292 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (34mm, 4.55 gm, 6h). NGC AU 5/5 - 4/5, edge crimps, brushed. Constantinople, AD 1152-1157. IC-XC (barred), Christ seated facing on backless throne, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, cradling book of Gospels on lap / MANΩHΛ-ΔECΠOTH, Manuel I (on left), bearded, standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia, divitision and loros, star patterns of beads on belt, akakia in right hand, and the Virgin (on right) nimbate, standing facing, wearing pallium and maphorium, holding patriarchal cross between them; M-Θ by head of Virgin. Sear 1958. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-manuel-i-comnenus-ad-1143-1180-el-aspron-trachy-34mm-455-gm-6h-ngc-au-5-5-4-5-edge-crimps-brush/a/61357-22095.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61357-01142024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24225 Price realized: 180 USD (Approx. 169 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (30mm, 4.53 gm, 6h). NGC (photo-certificate) AU 4/5 - 2/5, graffiti, damage. Constantinople, AD 1160-1164. Christ standing facing on dais, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in limbs, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left; IC-XC barred across fields / M-AN-ΩHΛ-O / ΘЄ/Ο/Δ/Ω/Ρ/OC, Manuel I, bearded (on left) and St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate (on right) both standing facing, jointly holding patriarchal cross with large globus on base between them, Manuel I wearing crown, divitision and loros, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword on hip, St. Theodore wearing military attire with left hand on pommel of sheathed sword at hip. Sear 1959. Struck during a period of tension between the Byzantine Empire and the Western European Crusader forces, this coin is symbolic of Manuel I's desire to preserve the power and independence of the Byzantine realm from the "Latins," who the Byzantines always mistrusted and disliked. The patriarchal cross on the reverse of the coin, a major symbol of Orthodox Christianity, would have signaled Manuel's desire to protect his people, empire, and faith from the hostile Roman Catholic Crusaders, as would the depiction of St. Theodore, a popular saint in the Byzantine cultural sphere. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-manuel-i-comnenus-ad-1143-1180-el-aspron-trachy-30mm-453-gm-6h-ngc-photo-certificate-au-4-5-2-5/a/61386-24225.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
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| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24224 Price realized: 280 USD (Approx. 263 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Ancients Manuel I Comnenus (AD 1143-1180). EL aspron trachy (32mm, 4.19 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 2/5, graffito, edge crimps. Constantinople, AD 1160-1164. IC-XC (barred), Christ standing facing on dais, bearded, wearing nimbus cruciger with five pellets in limbs, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels in left; eight-pointed star to either side / M-AN-ΩHΛ-O / ΘЄ/Ο/Δ/Ω/Ρ/OC, Manuel I, bearded (on left) and St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate (on right) both standing facing, jointly holding patriarchal cross with large globus on base between them, Manuel I wearing crown, divitision and loros, right hand on pommel of sheathed sword on hip, St. Theodore wearing military attire with left hand on pommel of sheathed sword at hip. Sear 1959. From the Eardley and Ethel Madsen Collection. Struck during a period of tension between the Byzantine Empire and the Western European Crusader forces, this coin is symbolic of Manuel I's desire to preserve the power and independence of the Byzantine realm from the "Latins," who the Byzantines always mistrusted and disliked. The patriarchal cross on the reverse of the coin, a major symbol of Orthodox Christianity, would have signaled Manuel's desire to protect his people, empire, and faith from the hostile Roman Catholic Crusaders, as would the depiction of St. Theodore, a popular saint in the Byzantine cultural sphere. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-manuel-i-comnenus-ad-1143-1180-el-aspron-trachy-32mm-419-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au-4-5-2-5-graffito-e/a/61386-24224.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
