328, Lot: 684. Estimate $200. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (21mm, 3.20 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1303-1320. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary,
orans, within city walls with four towers; */K–*/N flanking Virgin / A/N/Δ/PO/NI/K[I] on left, [X]/M/Δ[Є]/Π[O/T] on right, Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Michael IX kneeling to either side. DOC 375–411 var. (rev. legend); PCPC 128, sigla 186; SB 2396. VF. Well struck for issue.
From the Demetrios Armounta Collection.