300, Lot: 364. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (26mm, 4.02 g, 12h). 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, N-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 37). VF, toned, some striking weakness, earthen deposits around devices.