235, Lot: 580. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (25mm, 4.01 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1282-1295. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with six towers; siglum composed of I and X to lower left / Andronicus kneeling right, being blessed by Christ standing facing; siglum composed of I and X below Andronicus. DOC -; LPC p. 34, 1; SB 2326; Ashmolean -; PCPC - (sigla 36). Near VF, flan crack at 2 o’clock.