275, Lot: 251. Estimate $150. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 3.52 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; to either side, I flanked by pellets / Andronicus kneeling right, being blessed by Christ standing facing; M over Γ to right. DOC 233; SB 2326. Near VF, light scratches, flan split.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland 3 (15 October 1998), lot 580.