321, Lot: 767. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. AV Hyperpyron (29mm, 4.43 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary enthroned facing / Isaac and the Archangel Michael standing facing, the former holding cruciform scepter and being crowned by manus Dei from above; sword-in-sheath held between them. DOC 1d; SB 2001. Good VF.

From the Sasha Collection. Purchased from Lanz, 2010.