1074474 | BYZANTINE. Manuel I Comnenus. (Emperor, 1143-1180). Struck circa 1152-1160. AV Hyperpyron. NGC Ch. AU (Choice About Uncirculated) Strike 4/5 Surface 5/5. Constantinople. 31mm. 4.32gm. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; nimbus with five pellets in each double-lined arm / Manuel standing facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, holding labarum and patriarchal globus cruciger; manus Dei above; eight jewels on collar, six pellets in chlamys end. DOC 1b var. (placement of ornaments on chlamys); Sear 1956.

Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180. AV Hyperpyron (31mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1152-1160. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; nimbus with five pellets in each double-lined arm / Manuel standing facing, wearing crown and jeweled chlamys, holding labarum and patriarchal globus cruciger; manus Dei above; eight jewels on collar, six pellets in chlamys end. DOC 1b var. (placement of ornaments on chlamys); .

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 1523.


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