Andronicus II Palaeologus, 1282-1328. Hyperpyron (Electrum, 22 mm, 4.02 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 1282-1294. Bust of Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls furnished with six groups of towers; to left, A. Rev. +/ANΔPO/NHIKOC/ЄN Xω Δ/ЄCΠOTHC ΠAΛI/Γ (blundered) Nimbate Andronicus II crouching in proskynesis before Christ, standing facing, holding book in his left hand and placing his right hand on the hea; below, star. SB 2326. Slightly clipped and with a graffito of X on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.