319, Lot: 656. Estimate $300. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.17 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with six towers; A–A flanking Virgin / Emperor kneeling slightly right, being presented by archangel Michael to Christ enthroned slightly left, holding volumen; siglon between emperor and Christ. DOC 11; PCPC p. 17, sigla 12; SB 2242. Good VF, graffiti in obverse margin, scratches on reverse.