Michael VIII Palaeologus. 1261-1282. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (23mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Class IIb. Constantinople mint. Half-length facing 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 book of Gospels. DOC 22; PCPC 5 (sigla 64); SB 2243. Minor edge splits, lightly clipped, rotated double strike. Good VF.
From the Collection of a Philhellene. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 56 (8 October 2010), lot 837; Künker 112 (23 June 2006), lot 1104.