355, Lot: 739. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (30mm, 5.21 g, 6h). Type A, large module. Thessalonica mint. Half-length bust of St. Demetrius facing, holding spear and hilt of sword / Manuel, holding cruciform scepter and akakia, standing facing and being crowned by Christ Pantokrator; star to right. DOC 3a; SB 2177. VF, dark green patina, hairline flan split. Rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex CNG Inventory 860024 (November 2010); Khristov Family Collection (Goldberg 55, 29 October 2009) lot 592.