370, Lot: 573. Estimate $200. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24mm, 4.02 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck circa 1294-1303. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; four pellets to either side at bottom / Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Michael IX kneeling to either side. DOC 243; PCPC 127, sigla 5; SB 2396. Near VF, flatly struck in areas, flan cracks, a few scratches.