Byzantine Gold Coins
Lot 4448 Session 16 (9.30am Friday) Byzantine Gold Coins
Estimate $200
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SOLD $120
ANDRONICUS II AND MICHAEL IX, (1295-1320), gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (2.83 g), obv. bust of Virgin within city walls and four towers, control letters M to left, uncertain letter to right, rev. Andronicus II and Michael IX to left and right with Christ standing between both emperors, traces of partial legend around each emperor, (S.2396, Bendall cf.PCPC 128, var. cf.type sigla 149, cf.DOC 488). Small flan, weak in places as usual, flan appears clipped in places and of light weight, otherwise very fine and scarce.
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Estimate $200
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