CNG 109, Lot: 775. Estimate $1000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus IV Palaeologus. Usurper, 1376-1379. AR Basilikon (13mm, 0.41 g, 9h). Constantinople mint. Saint on horseback right / Andronicus standing facing, holding scepter. DOC –; LPC p. 152 note; PCPC (326); SB 2546. VF, toned. Well struck for issue. Extremely rare and among the finest known.