354, Lot: 712. Estimate $150. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (25mm, 1.65 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. The Archangel Michael standing facing, holding labarum and sword / Half-length facing figures of Michael, holding cruciform scepter, and St. Demetrius, holding spear, supporting staff surmounted by cross within circle between them. DOC 147-50; SB 2297. Near VF, brown patina. Rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex J.-P. Righetti Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-Auction 280, 6 June 2012), lot 419.