Watch List notes:

Andronicus I Gidon. Emperor of Trebizond, 1222-1235. AR Aspron Trachy (26mm, 2.64 g, 6h). Trebizond mint. Full-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, wearing tunic and maphorion, standing facing; star in left field / Full-length figure of Christ Chalkites, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, right hand on chest, holding book of the Gospels in left. Bendall, Trebizond 2; Retowski –; DOC IV p. 537, 1 (Uncertain Nicaean; electrum); SB 2148 (Uncertain Nicaea). Toned. Choice EF. Well struck. Exceptional.

Ex Pecunem/Gitbud & Naumann 35 (6 September 2015), lot 863.