Andronicus II Palaeologus (AD 1282-1328), with Michael IX. AV/EL hyperpyron (22mm, 4.03 gm, 6h). About VF, Fine Style, clipped, die shift, flan flaw. Constantinople, ca. AD 1294-1320. Half-length figure of the Virgin Mary, orans, within circuit of city walls with six towers / A/N/Δ/PO/NI/K-X/M/Δ/Є/C/Π/O/T, Christ, standing facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, IC-XC flanking head, crowning Andronicus II (on left) and Michael IX (on right) kneeling to either side, each wearing divitision and loros. Sear 2396. Unusually well engraved legends for issue.
HID09801242017
Price realized | 180 USD |
Starting price | 1 USD |
Estimate | 200 USD |