344, Lot: 538. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (21mm, 1.20 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing bust of St. Theodore in military attire, holding spear and shield / Half-length figures of Manuel and St. Demetrios facing, holding sword between them; above, manus Dei emerging from clouds with star, crowning emperor. DOC 8; CLCB 13.8.1; SB 2182. Good VF, dark green patina, evidence of cleaning, minor flan crack.