355, Lot: 752. Estimate $200. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 3.31 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1303-1320. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary,
orans, within city walls with four towers;
sigla: K | Λ / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus and Michael kneeling to left and right, respectively. DOC –; PCPC 128, sigla 76; SB 2396. VF.
From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection.