351, Lot: 733. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (26mm, 4.15 g, 6h). Class IIb. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: A | A / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated facing to right and holding Gospel book. PCPC 5 (sigla 19); SB 2243. VF, some scattered cleaning marks, graffito on the reverse. Well struck obverse.