415, Lot: 644. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (21mm, 2.92 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls with four towers; flanking, (ΓB)-Λ flanking / Christ standing facing, blessing Andronicus II and Michael IX kneeling to either side. DOC –; PCPC 185 (cf. sigla 22); SB 2461; CNG E-332, lot 438. VF, a couple of hairline flan cracks, typically clipped.

From the D. Massey Collection.