CNG 96, Lot: 1033. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus, with Anna of Savoy (Regent). 1341-1391. AR Basilikon (20mm, 1.20 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1341-1342. Anna, holding trilobate scepter and placing hand on breast, and John, holding akakia and cruciform scepter, standing facing / Andronicus III kneeling right, being blessed by the Virgin Mary standing left. DOC 954-61; PCPC 200 (Andronicus III); LPC p. 122, 8 (Andronicus III); SB 2475 (Andronicus III). VF, areas of flat strike. Rare.