336, Lot: 356. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. Æ Trachy (27mm, 1.63 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing half-length bust of St. Theodore, holding spear and shield / Half-length figures of Manuel and St. Demetrios facing, holding sword between them; above, manus Dei emerging from clouds, crowning emperor. DOC 8; CLCB 13.8.1 (R4); SB 2182. VF, dark green patina, usual crude strike. Rare.

From the Iconodule Collection.