398, Lot: 677. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (24mm, 4.19 g, 6h). Class IIb. Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: Θ | Θ / Michael facing, kneeling slightly right and being presented by archangel Michael to Christ seated facing to right and holding Gospel book. PCPC 5 (sigla 64); DOC 22 (same dies); SB 2243. VF. A better strike than normally encountered.