350, Lot: 633. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. BI Trachy (24mm, 2.80 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Half-length bust of St. Demetrius facing / Michael enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped scepter and globus cruciger; lis to upper right. DOC –; S. Bendall, “A New Type of ‘Billon’ Trachy of Michael VIII Confirmed,” Schweizer Münzblatter XXI.124 (November 1981), fig. 2a-b; SB 2313. Near VF, dark green patina, traces of earthen encrustation in devices. Possibly overstruck on another Thessalonica trachy of Michael VIII.