448, Lot: 579. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 3.21 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1325-1328. Half-length figure of the Theotokos (Virgin Mary), orans, within city walls with four towers; sigla: lis | A / Christ standing facing, crowning Andonicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to either side. DOC 493; PCPC 185 (sigla 3); SB 2461. Toned, flan cracks, “A” graffit on reverse in margin, edge clipped. VF.