376, Lot: 644. Estimate $100. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (26mm, 2.02 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Facing bust of the Virgin Mary, orans / Michael enthroned facing, holding sword across knees. DOC 91-5; PCPC 37; SB 2275. VF, green patina.

From the M. A. Armstrong Collection. Ex Vecchi 10 (24 March 1998), lot 1328.