355, Lot: 743. Estimate $75. Sold for $65. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (23mm, 2.42 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1261/2. Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing; K [retrograde K] across field / Archangel Michael presenting kneeling emperor to Christ seated left. DOC 46-51; PCPC 20.1-3; SB 2259. Near VF, brown surfaces.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.