235, Lot: 579. Estimate $100. Sold for $155. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with six towers; flanking, two clusters of pellets above, Π-K below / Christ standing facing, crowning kneeling figures of Andronicus and Michael to either side. DOC -; LPC p. 62, 1; SB 2396; Ashmolean -; PCPC - (but cf. sigla 35). VF, small edge split around 7 o’clock.