Manuel Comnenus-Ducas. Despot of Thessalonica, 1230-1237. BI Trachy (20mm, 1.47 g). Brockage strike. Thessalonica mint. Incuse of reverse / Half-length figures of Manuel and St. Demetrios facing, holding sword between them; above, manus Dei emerging from clouds, crowning emperor. Cf. DOC 8 (larger module); CLCB 13.8.3; SB 2182. VF, brown patina.
From the Iconodule Collection.