353, Lot: 698. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (16mm, 0.76 g). Thessalonica mint. Brockage strike. Incuse of reverse / Manuel, holding cruciform scepter, and St. Demetrius, holding globus topped with patriarchal cross and spear, standing facing. Cf. DOC 5 (for larger module); CLBC 13.5.3; SB 2185. VF, brown patina.