Michael VIII, Palaeologus (1261-1282), hyperpyron, Constantinople, bust of the Virgin orans within city walls with six groups of towers, rev., Michael kneeling, being presented by Archangel Michael to Christ seated facing, holding scroll, ÷ between them; sigla +/+; 4.13g (S. 2242; PCPC p. 17, 17), minor obverse graffiti, otherwise about extremely fine Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.
Ex European Ambassador Collection, formed in the 1950s and 1960s.
(200-300 GBP)