242, Lot: 260. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary),
orans, within city walls with six towers; three pellets and K to left, three pellets and X right / Christ standing facing, crowning kneeling figures of Andronicus and Michael to either side. DOC -; LPC p. 62, 1; SB 2396; PCPC 185.3. Fine, a few edge splits.