Manuel I Comnenus 1143-1180. Electrum Aspron Trachy (32 mm, 4.15 gram) Constantinopolis
IC XC Christ nimbate, standing facing on dais, holding book of Gospels in left hand; star in left and right field
MANOVHΛ - Θ / ΘE/O/Δ/W/P/O’ Manuel, bearded, left, with right hand on hilt of sword, and Saint Theodore, bearded and nimbate, right, with left hand on hilt of sword, both standing facing, holding patriarchal cross set on globus between them
Sear 1959. Good very fine, graffiti and a few scrapes
Ex collection Walter Uhrmeister and ex Auctiones GmbH E-Auction 41, 18 October 2015, 89.
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