302, Lot: 485. Estimate $150. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (24mm, 3.68 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with four towers; lis to left, A to right / Christ standing facing, crowning John V and VI kneeling to either side. DOC 493 or 494-7; PCPC –, sigla 3 or 4; SB 2461. Near VF, two edge splits, scratches and graffiti in margins.