Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 459. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AR Trachy (2.66 g, 12h). Struck 1263(?). Seraph; Γ Γ flanking upper pair of wings / X/MI/ΔЄC/ПO/(TH)C down left field O Π/A/Λ/O/O down right, Michael standing facing, holding sword and akakia. DOC 38 note; S. Bendall, “The Silver Coinage of Michael VIII, AD 1258-1282,” in NumCirc XC.4 (May 1982), 12 var. (sigla); SB 2256 var. (same). Good VF, double struck, areas of weakness, edge split. Extremely rare issue.