CNG 94, Lot: 1550. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 2.83 g, 5h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with four towers; pellets flanking, B K flanking upper tower / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC 498-9; LBC 817-8 var. (sigla); PCPC 185, sigla 9; SB 2461. VF, flan cracks.

From the Iconodule Collection.