Ancient Gold
Lot 3350 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) Ancient Gold
Estimate $300
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ANDRONICUS II AND MICHAEL IX, (1295-1320), gold hyperpyron (scyphate), Constantinople mint, (3.876 grams), obv. bust of Virgin within city walls and four towers, star to right and left over control letters (sigla) K and N to left and right, rev. Andronicus II and Michael IX to left and right with Christ standing between both emperors, traces of partial legend downwards of each emperor, (S.2396, Bendall PCPC 128, var. type sigla 185, DOC 336-349). Minor flan crack, weak in places as usual, otherwise very fine and scarce.
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