245, Lot: 443. Estimate $100. Sold for $275. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 2.99 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1303-1320. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with four towers; stars flanking, two pellets above walls / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side. DOC 463 var. (dots above stars); SB 2396. VF, harshly cleaned, porous.