Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1901. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANDRONICUS II Palaeologus. 1282-1328. BI Tornese (0.64 gm, 11h). Constantinople mint. Sole reign, 1282-1295. ANDRONKO (downwards to left) DECPO (downwards to right), Andronicus standing facing, holding cross-sceptre and akakia, crowned by manus Dei / +KOMNHNOC O PALAIOLOGO, cross pattée with four pellets in quarters. DOC V 554; Bendall 94A; SB 2327. Good VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Rare with complete legends. ($500)

None of the references make note of the pellets in the quarters of the cross, even though some illustrated specimens clearly have them, and others apparently not.