Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 3963 Session 13 (2.30pm Thu 27th March) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $200
ANDRONICUS II AND ANDRONICUS III, (1325-1328 or later), joint reign, gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (3.47 g), obv. large bust of Virgin within city walls and four towers, control letters N (reversed) X to left and right, rev. Andronicus II and Andronicus III to left and right with Christ standing between both emperors, traces of partial legend downwards of each emperor, (S.2396, Bendall PCPC cf.185 var.15, cf.DOC 503). Small clipped flan, very weak in places as usual, flan crack, otherwise very fine.
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