79, Lot: 167. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MICHAEL VIII. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (26mm, 2.33 gm). Thessalonica mint. Nimbate St. Demetrius wearing cuirass and paturgis, holding spear in right hand, resting left on shield; cross in right field / Emperor seated facing on throne, wearing loros with central panel, holding sceptre and akakia; six-rayed star in right field. DOC V, 162; SB 2312. VF, green patina. Nice for issue.