1282 AD - 1328 AD

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


Hyperpyron / Υπέρπυρον AV 25
 SHH 398

398 Andronicus II Constantinopolis Hyperpyron AV

Parameter
Obverse
Reverse


Notes
Reference
 4.05 g   24.5-25.7 mm   6:00 oclock   VF
Bust of the Virgin orans within city walls with six groups of towers; linear border.
Andronicus on left kneeling before Christ standing on right;
ΑΝΔΡ / ΟΝΙΚOC / ΔΕCΠΟ / Τ in upper left field; IC / X[P] to right of Christ;
double linear border.
 Constantinopolis mint. Sole reign 1282-1295 AD.
BMC 1/10 variant; Dumbarton Oaks V/2 234; Sear Byzantine  2326