338, Lot: 301. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (26mm, 2.09 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing half-length figure of the Virgin, orans / Facing half-length figures of Michael and St. Demetrius, holding spear, supporting patriarchal cross between them; star in cloud above. DOC 131-2; PCPC 62; SB 2310. VF, green patina, light roughness.