405, Lot: 643. Estimate $75. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (23mm, 1.59 g, 6h). Class IX. Thessalonica mint. Large ornate cross; stars in quarters / Half-length facing figures of Michael, holding labarum, and St. Demetrius, holding spear, holding between them a model of Thessalonica; star above. DOC 159-60; SB 2300. VF, dark green patina, slightly ragged flan.

From the Iconodule Collection.