| Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29 | Auction date: 24 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 2709 Price realized: 850 CHF (Approx. 965 USD / 892 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, 32 mm, 4.21 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, circa 1160-1164. IC - XC Christ, nimbate, standing facing on dais, holding book of Gospels in his left hand; in field to left and right, star. Rev. MANOVHΛ - O / ΘE/OΔ/Ⲱ/PO/C Manuel, bearded, on the left, holding hilt of sword with his right hand, and St. Theodore, bearded and nimbate, on the right, holding hilt of sword with his left, standing facing, holding between them patriarchal cross set on globus; in field between emperor and cross, pellet. DOC 4d var. (no pellet). Gitbud & Naumann 31 (2015), 785 (same reverse die). SB 1959 var. (no pellet). An extremely rare variety. Minor doubling, otherwise, good extremely fine. From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s, Leu Web Auction 24, 3-6 December 2022, 747. Starting price: 150 CHF |  |
