300, Lot: 363. Estimate $200. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Mary),
orans, within city walls with six towers; flanking, two clusters of pellets above, Π-K below / Christ standing facing, crowning kneeling figures of Andronicus and Michael to either side. DOC –; LPC p. 62, 1; SB 2396; Ashmolean –; PCPC – (but cf. sigla 35). VF, small edge split around 7 o’clock.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group eAuction 235, lot 579.