337, Lot: 573. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus, with Anna of Savoy (Regent). 1341-1391. AV Hyperpyron (25mm, 4.13 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1341-1347. John on left, holding akakia and cruciform scepter, and Anna on right, holding trilobate scepter and placing hand on breast, standing facing; K to left, Λ to right / Andronicus III kneeling right, being blessed by Christ standing left. DOC –; LPC p. 116, 1 var. (figures on obv. switched; Andronicus III); PCPC 190, sigla 5 var. (same; Andronicus III); cf. SB 2466 (Andronicus III). VF. Possibly an unpublished variant.