138, Lot: 291. Estimate $100. Sold for $83. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III. 1282-1328. AV Hyperpyron (22mm, 2.62 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck 1325- 1328. Half-figure of the Virgin orans within the walls of Constantinople, reinforced with four castles; B K / Standing figure of Christ, blessing the kneeling bearded figures of Andronicus II and III. Cf. DOC V 498; SB 2461. VF, clipped.

These are the sigla of DOC V 498, but located in the usual area next to the Virgin, rather than by the uppermost castle.