428, Lot: 474. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael II Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Epiros, 1237-1271. Brockage Æ Trachy (24.5mm, 1.75 g, 12h). Arta mint. Incuse of reverse / Michael and St. Demetrius standing facing, holding sword between them; above, manus Dei crowning Michael. Cf. S. Bendall, "The coinage of Michael II, Angelos of Epirus, 1231-1265," NumCirc CIV/1 (February 1996), 3; LBC –; DOC –; SB –. Near VF, brown patina. Very rare.

From the Iconodule Collection.