Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 1699. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $760. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (3.72 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of St. Demetrius of Thessalonica, holding spear, and hand on hilt / Manuel, holding cross-tipped scepter, standing facing, being crowned by Christ; star to right. DOC 3a; SB 2177. VF, brown patina. Rare.