65, Lot: 96. Estimate $100. Sold for $175. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANDRONICUS II and MICHAEL IX. 1294-1320 AD. Æ Brockage Assarion (20mm, 1.71 gm). Constantinople mint. Bust of archangel facing, holding sceptre and globus; apparent second globus in garment / Incuse of obverse. Cf. DOC V 680; cf. SB 2435. VF for type, green patina. Unusual brockage.