1282 AD - 1328 AD

Andronicus II Palaeologus   Constantinopolis
Byzantine Empire
Ανδρόνικος Β' ο Παλαιολόγος   Κωνσταντινούπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία


Hyperpyron / Υπέρπυρον AV 23
 SHH 1778

1778 Andronicus II Constantinopolis Hyperpyron AV

Parameter
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Reverse


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Reference
 4.06 g 22.0-24.5 mm   6:00 oclock   VF
Bust of the Virgin orans within city walls with four groups of towers; linear border.
Andronicus and Michael facing kneeling on either side of Christ who is blessing them;
Α // Ν // [?] // O // N // [?] down ward o left; I // X // Δ // Ε // C // Π // Ο downward on right; IC / XP with overbars either side of nimbus; double linear border.
 Constantinopolis mint 1303-1320 AD. Sole reign.
BMC 13/23 variant; Dumbarton Oaks V/2 262/437; Sear Byzantine  2396