235, Lot: 581. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (25mm, 3.76 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with six towers; M-B flanking / Christ standing facing, crowning kneeling figures of Andronicus and Michael to either side. DOC -; LPC p. 62, 1; SB 2396; Ashmolean 745. Near VF, clipped, faint scratches.