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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ancient coin hunter, post: 7648390, member: 87200&quot;]I have a couple of trachys with worn off surfaces that came in a bulk lot of LRB&#039;s. Not exactly collectible. Here is a recent acquisition:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/44pbYFfv/Trachy-6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel I Comnenus. 1143-1180.</p><p><br /></p><p>Manuel was the &quot;fiend&quot; in the book written by the bishop <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_of_Deuil" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_of_Deuil" rel="nofollow">Odo of Deuil</a> since according to the Franks, he was less than cooperative during the Second Crusade. Particularly offensive to the French was the fact that he forced the Crusader leaders to swear an Oath of Fealty to him.</p><p><br /></p><p>Link to the book:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/odo-deuil.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/odo-deuil.asp" rel="nofollow">On the Journey of Louis VII to the East</a></p><p><br /></p><p>After arriving in Constantinople, the Crusade headed east through Asia Minor, suffering a series of defeats in skirmishes with the Turks. Because of this, Louis and a group of knights sailed to Antioch in a bid to get closer to Jerusalem. However, since the Byzantine fleet was too small to carry the entire army, the rest of the Latins were forced to fend for themselves and complete the overland route to Jerusalem. The simmering resentment they felt planted the seeds for the Fourth Crusade against Constantinople.</p><p><br /></p><p>BI Aspron Trachy, 30mm, 3.2g, 6h; Constantinople mint. Struck 1167-1183(?).</p><p><br /></p><p>Obv.: Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rev.: Manuel standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, being crowned by the Theotokos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Reference: DOC 13c; SB 1966.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Pedigree: JAZ Numismatics, From the Arnoldoe Collection.</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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