TYPE Byzantine Empire, Manuel I Komnenos (1143-1180 AD), billon aspron trachy, Constantinople mint, first coinage (var. A), struck 1143-52? DESCRIPTION . Obv: Bust of Christ Emmanuel, legend IC XC Rev: Bust of Manuel in jewelled chlamys, holding labarum-tipped scepter and globus cruciger, circular Greek legend: MANEL DESP REFERENCE: DO 10a, SB 1962 GRADING: F / VF, even brown patina, spots of verdigris on obv. ORDER INFO: B2935, $35