335, Lot: 681. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.30 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary enthroned facing, holding Holy Infant on lap / Isaac and the Archangel Michael standing facing, the former holding cruciform scepter and being crowned by manus Dei emerging from clouds; sword-in-sheath held between them. DOC 1b; SB 2001. Good VF, traces of old collection lacquer.

From the El Cid Collection.