334, Lot: 451. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. BI Tornese (16mm, 0.58 g, 6h). Politikon coinage. Constantinople mint. Facing bust of the Virgin Mary / Three-quarter length facing figures of Andronicus III and St. Demetrius. DOC 885; LPC p. 180, 1; PCPC 355; SB 2570. Fine, weakly struck, porous, short flan crack. Rare.