374, Lot: 633. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (26mm, 4.20 g, 6h). Class IIa. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: K | (schematic M) / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated facing to right and holding Gospel book. PCPC 5 (sigla 23 var. [two pellets on rev.]); DOC 15; SB 2243. Good VF, minor hairline die break in obverse margin, slight double strike on reverse.

Ex Malter 81 (29 September 2002), lot 524.