418, Lot: 531. Estimate $100. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. Æ Trachy (26.8mm, 2.38 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing half-length figure of St. Demetrius, holding sword and shield / Emperor and St. Michael the Archangel standing facing, holding long cross between them; manus Dei above. DOC 144-6; PCPC 65; SB 2296. VF, dark brown surfaces, some striking weakness, and reverse double struck.

From the Iconodule Collection.