245, Lot: 440. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.34 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary), nimbate, enthroned facing, holding the nimbate head of the infant Christ facing / Isaac and Archangel Michael standing facing, holding sheathed sword between them; Isaac holding cruciform sceptre; manus Dei above. DOC 1d; SB 2001. VF, light graffiti on reverse.