367, Lot: 609. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. Æ Trachy (24mm, 1.71 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Bust of the Theotokos facing / Manuel, holding holding akakia, and St. Demetrius, holding spear, standing facing, holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 5; LBC 352-3 var. (module); SB 2179. VF, brown patina, areas of flat strike.