MICHAEL VIII GOLD/ELECTRUM HYPERPYRON – VIRGIN IN THE WALLS ISSUE – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED BYZANTINE COIN (Inv. 19648)

$775.00

19648. BYZANTINE EMPIRE. MICHAEL VIII, AD 1261–1282.
Gold/electrum Hyperpyron (scyphate), 4.22 g, 25 mm. Issue of Constantinople.
Obv. MP–ΘV, Virgin orans standing within the city walls of Constantinople, sigla A | K(retrograde). Rev. XMΛITI–M, Christ seated holding scroll on right, Archangel Michael above kneeling emperor on left.
Sear 2242; S. Bendall, A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins, 4, sigla 40.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 3/5, Surface 2/5, “polished,” with a lovely portrait of the Virgin.