350, Lot: 634. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Histamenon Nomisma (23mm, 4.13 g, 6h). Type IIa. Constantinople mint. Struck 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary,
orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: X | - / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. PCPC 127, sigla 55; SB 2396. VF, a few flan splits and areas of striking weakness.