Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (19mm, 0.82 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Facing half-length bust of St. Theodore, holding spear and shield / Facing half-length busts of Manuel and St. Demetrius facing, holding sword between them; above, manus Dei emerging from clouds with star, crowning emperor. DOC 8; CLBC 13.8.2 (R4); SB 2182. VF, dark brown to black patina, heavily clipped.
From the Iconodule Collection.