446, Lot: 475. Estimate $200. Sold for $195. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (24.5mm, 3.95 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Half-length figure of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with four towers; (uncertain sigla) / Christ standing facing, crowning Andonicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. Cf. DOC 493-503; PCPC 185; SB 2461. VF, areas of flat strike, edge clipped, flan cracks, uncertain sigla.