352, Lot: 619. Estimate $100. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (20mm, 1.10 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing half-length bust of the Virgin, orans; star to left and [right] / Manuel, holding cruciform scepter, and St. Demetrius, holding globus topped with patriarchal cross and spear, standing facing. Cf. DOC 5 (for larger module); CLBC 13.5.2 (R3); SB 2185. Good VF, brown patina. Nice for issue.