MANUEL I ELECTRUM TRACHY – STANDING CHRIST ISSUE – MINT STATE NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19763)

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19763. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. MANUEL I, AD 1143–1180.
Electrum Aspron Trachy, 4.52 g, 32 mm.
Obv. Christ standing on dais, facing, holding the Gospels, IC–XC and stars in field. Rev. MANΩHΛ O/ΘЄ/Ο/Δ/ΩΡ, Manuel on left holding sword and St. Theodore on right, both holding patriarchal cross between them.
Sear 1959.
NGC graded MINT STATE, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, very well struck with crisp detail and exceptional centering.