378, Lot: 608. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (26mm, 4.18 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; uncertain sigla / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated facing to right and holding scroll. SB 2242. VF, edge split. Struck on a broad flan.