CNG 94, Lot: 1545. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.51 g, 6h). Class IIa. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; trefoils of pellets flanking outside of city walls / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ Pantokrator seated facing. DOC 2-3; LBC 492; PCPC 4, sigla 32-3; SB 2242. VF, areas of weak strike.

From the Sasha Collection.