148, Lot: 470. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 3.59 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1303-1320. Nimbate facing bust of Mary, orans, within city walls with four towers; sigla: dots flanking upper tower, * */K N in lower fields / Christ blessing kneeling Andronicus and Michael. DOC V 363 (sigla 188); SB 2396. Good VF, usual weak strike, die break across reverse.

From the Robert Kutcher Collection.