355, Lot: 746. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 4.09 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with four towers; sigla: (pellet)/(star)/K | (pellet)/(star)/N / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. DOC 357-65; PCPC 128, sigla 189; SB 2396. VF, flan crack, light graffiti.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.