398, Lot: 662. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (17mm, 1.03 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of the Virgin Mary, orans; stars flanking / Emperor, holding cruciform scepter, and St. Demetrius, holding globe surmounted by patriarchal cross and spear, standing facing. DOC 5; SB 2179. Near VF, dark brown to black patina, heavily clipped.

From the Iconodule Collection.