CNG 94, Lot: 1546. Estimate $400. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron (26mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Class IIa. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ Pantokrator seated facing; star at center. DOC 4-5; LBC 574 (Thessalonica); PCPC 4, sigla 3; SB 2242. VF, areas of flat strike.

From the Sasha Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 258 (22 June 2011), lot 543.