Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1858. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Italy, Casale. William II Paleologus. 1494-1518. AR Cornuto (5.46 gm). Helmet, adorned with cornet, antlers, and arm holding sword, above draped arms / St. Theodore on horseback left, trampling dragon. CNI II pg. 107, 47/46. VF. Rare. ($500)

The princes of Casale were of a cadet (junior) branch of the Paleologan dynasty that was the last to rule in Byzantium.