CNG 99, Lot: 879. Estimate $300. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.19 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1282-1295. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with six towers; C/N–C flanking Virgin / Andronicus kneeling right, being blessed by Christ standing facing; C/N to right, uncertain siglon possibly between emperor and Christ’s feet. DOC 220-8 var. (sigla); PCPC 91B (unlisted sigla); LPC p. 34, 1; SB 2326. VF, typical weakness in areas.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.