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Up for auction is a Byzantine gold hyperpyron coin of Michael VIII from 1261-1282 AD
Weight: 4.23g
Diameter: 26mm
MINT: Constantinople
OBVERSE; MP ΘY
- Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city wall of six towers; ?-? flanking.
REVERSE; IC XC / M-I/X/ M/ΔE/C - O/ Π/A/Λ
- On the left, St. Michael presenting the kneeling emperor to Christ, enthroned on right, holding scroll.
REFERENCE: SB 2242