Unpublished Variety
228, Lot: 358. Estimate $100. Sold for $205. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus III Palaeologus. 1328-1341. Æ Trachy (16mm, 2.47 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Half-length facing bust of St. Demetrius, holding spear and shield / Andronicus standing facing, holding patriarchal cross in each hand; stars to outer left and right. DOC 927-8 var.; LPC p. 236, 6 var.; PCPC 271 var.; SB 2486 var.; Ashmolean 837-8 var. (all without stars on rev.). Near VF, brown patina. Unpublished in the standard references.