367, Lot: 611. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Michael II Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Epiros, 1237-1271. Æ Trachy (23mm, 1.54 g, 6h). Arta mint. Facing half-length bust of St. Demetrius, holding spear over shoulder / Michael standing facing, holding akakia and being crowned by Virgin standing left; star over crescent to right. Bendall, “The coinage of Michael II, Angelos of Epirus, 1231-1265,”
NumCirc CIV/1 (February 1996), 10; LBC 471-2; DOC –; SB –. Good VF, green patina, weak strike, pinhole.