355, Lot: 738. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore Comnenus-Ducas. As emperor of Thessalonica, 1225/7-1230. AR Trachy (22mm, 1.71 g, 6h). Type B. Thessalonica mint. Struck circa 1227. Standing facing figure of the Theotokos, orans / Theodore and St. Demetrius standing facing, holding castle between them. DOC 2b; SB 2159. Good VF, toned, flattened. Rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.