Manuel Comnenus-Ducas of Thessalonica, 1230-1237 AD. Aspron Trachy. 
Thessalonica. 2.97 gr.

X over AP, X over M across fields, Archangel Michael, nimbate, 
standing facing in military dress, unsheathing sword.
MANHL DECP POLIC QECCALNI O AGIOC DIMITRIOC, Manuel, holding 
labarum-headed sceptre, and St. Demetrius, nimbate, holding 
sword over shoulder seated facing, holding a model of the city
of Thessalonica between them. 

DOC 9; Sear 2183. 
Rare. 
Ex Despot Collection (LHS Numismatics sale 97, 200, lot 177). 

Courtesy of Stacks, The Golden Horn Collection, 2009, sold for $700