324, Lot: 590. Estimate $150. Sold for $210. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron (25mm, 4.29 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with six towers; uncertain siglon to left, Δ to right / Emperor kneeling slightly right, being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated slightly left, holding volumen; uncertain siglon in lower field between emperor and Christ. Cf. DOC 11-12; cf. PCPC p. 17, sigla 41; SB 2242. VF, flan crack, numerous scrapes and scratches.