331, Lot: 424. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 3.94 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary,
orans, within city walls with four towers; .·./K-.·./X flanking Virgin / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC 502; PCPC 185, sigla 13 (not represented in collection); LPC p. 108, 1; SB 2461. VF, areas of flat strike.