328, Lot: 680. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Isaac II Angelus. First reign, 1185-1195. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.35 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. The Virgin Mary enthroned facing, holding Holy Infant on lap / Isaac and the Archangel Michael standing facing, the former holding cruciform scepter and being crowned by manus Dei emerging from clouds; sword-in-sheath held between them. DOC 1d; SB 2001. Good VF, graffiti in the margins.

From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Marc Poncin Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 135, 15 March 2006), lot 363.