333, Lot: 416. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 3.16 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary,
orans, within city walls with four towers; B/•–[K]/• across field / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC 498-9; PCPC 185, sigla 9 (not represented in collection); LPC p. 108, 1; SB 2461. VF, flan crack, light scratches, typical weakness in areas.