NGC MS | Byzantine Empire, Manuel I (1143-1180), EL Aspron Trachy

(x) NGC MS | Byzantine Empire, Manuel I (1143-1180), EL Aspron Trachy, Christ standing facing on dais, wearing beard, nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, holding book of Gospels in left hand, IC-XC to left and right, star beneath each, rev. MANVLA, Manuel standing to left and St. Theodore standing to right, nimbate, both facing and holding patriarchal cross with globus at base between them, Manuel wearing crown, divitision and loros, Theodore wearing military attire, each holding sheathed sword, THEODOROS to right, 4.44g (BMC 14-16; Sear 1959), light graffito in outer reverse field, a handsome coin, toned and pleasing in-hand, extremely fine, in NGC Ancients holder, graded Mint State ~ graffito [Strike: 4/5; Surface 2/5] (Cert. #6056295-047) https://www.ngccoin.uk/certlookup/6056295-047/NGCAncients/ Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Estimate:£400

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