Published by Bendall

CNG 108, Lot: 784. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Michael IX. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (24mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Bendall Group A. Uncertain mint mint. Struck 1295-circa 1302. Half-length figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with six towers; M and Π flanking / Christ standing facing, blessing Michael IX and Andronicus II kneeling to either side. DOC –; S. Bendall, “Hyperpyra of Andronikos II and Michael IX with transposed effigies,” RN 150 (1995), 18 a (this coin); PCPC –; SB –. Good VF, areas of flat strike. Extremely rare, one of three known to Bendall, all from the same dies.