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Auction 46E  23-24 Feb 2019
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Lot 507

Starting price: 125 EUR
Price realized: 140 EUR
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Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III (1328-1332). AV Hyperpyron Nomisma, Constantinople mint. D/ Half-lenght figure of the Theotokos, orans, within city walls with four towers; to left, triple pellets above [X]; to right, triple pellets above X. R/ Christ standing facing, crowning Andronicus II and Andronicus III kneeling to left and right, respectively. D.O. 502. Grierson 1294. Sear 2461. AV. g. 4.19 mm. 26.00 VF.

Although Andronicus II was forced to abdicate on the 24 th May 1328, he was not stripped of his imperial titles and the coinage in the joint names of Andronicus II and III wound have been issued until his death. (D.R. Sear. Byzantine Coins, p. 460.).
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