Sale: Triton V, Lot: 2314. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 January 2002.  Sold For $775. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANDRONICUS I. 1183-1185 AD. Billon Aspron Trachy (4.48 gm). Constantinople mint. Virgin standing facing, holding medallion of infant Christ; MHP QV at here shoulders / ANÐPONIKOC ÐECPOTHC, Andronicus standing facing, holding labarum and globus cruciger, being crowned by Christ standing at right; IC XC at Christ's shoulders. DOC IV 3b; Hendy pl. 18, 15-16; SB 1985. EF, remarkable condition, being a full strike on both sides with only minor doubling on the obverse. ($300)

From the Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection. Ex Jean Elsen Vente 53 (1998), lot 536; Numismatik Lanz Auktion 42 (23 November 1987), lot 826.