332, Lot: 438. Estimate $300. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 3.38 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with four towers; (ΓΒ) and uncertain siglon flanking Virgin / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC –; PCPC 185, similar to sigla 22; LPC p. 108, 1; SB 2461. VF, flan crack, areas of flat strike.