CNG 111, Lot: 887. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron (25.5mm, 4.23 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; A K flanking / Emperor kneeling slightly right, being presented by Archangel Michael to Christ enthroned slightly left, holding scroll. DOC –; PCPC 4, sigla 38; SB 2242. Near EF, typical edge clipping, some graffiti.

Ex Freeman & Sear 13 (25 August 2006), lot 631.