337, Lot: 567. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (25mm, 3.93 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary,
orans, within city walls with four towers; large pellet and lis to left, A to right / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and III kneeling to either side. DOC 494-7; LPC p. 108, 1; PCPC 185.1, sigla 4; SB 2461. VF, areas of flat strike.