CNG 94, Lot: 1547. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.08 g, 6h). Class IIa. Constantinople mint. Struck 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; A A flanking / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Michael IX kneeling to either side. DOC 239-41; LBC 739 var. (sigla); PCPC 127, sigla 2; SB 2396. Good VF, faint scratches. Well struck on a broad flan.

From the Sasha Collection.