233, Lot: 576. Estimate $200. Sold for $270. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (25mm, 4.18 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with four towers; lily and A flanking, pellet to left of uppermost tower / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC 494; LPC p. 108, 1; SB 2461. Good VF, unusually clear face of the Virgin.