338, Lot: 299. Estimate $100. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. Æ Trachy (21mm, 2.32 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of St. Theodore, holding spear and shield / Half-length figures of Manuel and St. Demetrios facing, holding sword between them; above, manus Dei emerging from clouds with star, crowning emperor. DOC 8; CLCB 13.8.1 (R4); SB 2182. Fine, dark green-brown patina. Scarce.