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Empire of Trebizond, Manuel I Comnenus, 1238 - 1263 A.D.
Manuel I Megas Komnenos (died March 1263) was an Emperor of Trebizond, from 1238 until his death. At the time Manuel reigned, the Empire of Trebizond comprised a band of territory stretching along the southern coast of the Black Sea. Although Michael Panaretos, a 14th-century Greek chronicler, calls Manuel "the greatest general and the most fortunate" and states he ruled "virtuously in the eyes of God", the only event he documents for Manuel's reign is a catastrophic fire striking the city of Trebizond in January 1253. The major events of his reign are known from external sources, most important of which is the recovery of Sinope in 1254, which had been lost to the Sultanate of Rum forty years before.BZ89549. Silver asper, Sommer T3.13.6 (same obv. die), Sommer T3.13.1 (same rev. die), Retowski 119 - 153 var. (sigla), SBCV 2601, aEF, well centered on a tight flan, some high points not fully struck, small dark spots, Trebizond (Trabzon, Turkey) mint, weight 2.820g, maximum diameter 21.3mm, die axis 180o, 1238 - 1263 A.D.; obverse O/ANT/ΓI/O - EΣ/ΓE/NI/O, Saint Eugenius standing facing, nimbate, long cross in right hand, four pellets on cross shaft, flanked by three pellets left and four pellets right, pellet upper right; reverse M/N/Λ - OKMH (MH ligate), Manuel standing facing, labarum in right hand, akakia in left hand, Manus Dei (hand of God) upper right, four pellets on labarum shaft, four pellets inner left; from the Robert Watcher Collection; SOLD
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