280, Lot: 418. Estimate $300. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron (28mm, 4.10 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, standing facing within city walls with six towers / St. Michael standing right behind Michael kneeling right, facing Christ enthroned left, holding volumen; star in field between figures. DOC 4; SB 2242 var. VF, edge split.

From the J. P. Righetti Collection, 1225.