CNG 94, Lot: 1549. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.44 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with four towers; lis to left, A to right; pellet to upper right / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC 494-7; LBC 817 var. (sigla); PCPC 185.1, sigla 4; SB 2461. Good VF. Well struck.

From the Sasha Collection. Ex Künker 168 (12 March 2010), lot 8077.