397, Lot: 716. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. Hyperpyron Nomisma (25mm, 4.00 g, 6h). Class IIb. Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1303-1320 or later. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; sigla: K | И / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. DOC –; PCPC 127 (cf. sigla 38); SB 2396. VF, areas of flat strike, area of double strike on reverse.