240, Lot: 491. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary),
orans, within city walls with six towers; X-[...] flanking / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side, transposed. Cf. DOC 235-61; SB 2396. VF.