374, Lot: 634. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (26mm, 4.23 g, 6h). Class IIa. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: P | M / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated facing to right and holding Gospel book. PCPC 5 (sigla 45); DOC –; SB 2243. Good VF, light toning in devices, obverse double struck.

Ex Vico 101 (27 March 2003), lot 1301.