244, Lot: 502. Estimate $150. Sold for $165. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 3.85 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with six towers; K-(retrograde N) flanking, two pellets above walls / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to either side. DOC 370 var. (four towers); SB 2396. Fine, edge splits.