355, Lot: 753. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 3.60 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1303-1320. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with four towers; sigla: K | (star)/N / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. Cf. DOC 262-365 (star over each letter); cf. PCPC 128, sigla 186 (same); SB 2396. VF, edge split.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.