217, Lot: 477. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (26mm, 4.00 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1320. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with four towers; B-A flanking below / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side. DOC 284-90; SB 2396. VF, a couple flan cracks, scrape on obverse.