| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 25 | Auction date: 11 March 2023 |
| Lot number: 3493 Price realized: 701 CHF (Approx. 762 USD / 713 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Manuel I Comnenus, 1143-1180. Aspron Trachy (Electrum, 31 mm, 4.25 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 1167-1180. Christ seated facing on square-backed throne, wearing pallium and colobium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. MAN૪HΛ ΔЄCΠΟTH / M - ΘV Manuel standing facing on the left, wearing crown, divitision and jewelled loros, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left; Virgin Mary standing facing on the right, nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, crowning the emperor with her right hand. DOC 6a. SB 1961. A beautiful example with a particularly attractive reverse. Graffiti and light marks, otherwise, extremely fine. From a European collection, formed before 2005. Starting price: 100 CHF |  |
