229, Lot: 495. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 3.02 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1320. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with four towers; uncertain sigla / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side. Cf. DOC 336ff; SB 2396. VF, edge cracks.