1282 AD - 1328 AD

Andronicus II Palaeologus   Thessalonica
Byzantine Empire
Ανδρόνικος Β' ο Παλαιολόγος   Θεσσαλονίκη
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Trachy / Τραχύ AE 23
 SHH 5642

5642 Andronicus II Thessalonica Trachy AE

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 2.12 g   22.6-24.1 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
Two large wings (Cherub ?); six-rayed star above and below; border of dots.
Half length figures of Andronicus surrounded above and on each side by city walls
with three towers; emperor wears crown and holds scepter cruciger and anexikakia;
border of dots..
 Scyphate. Double strike.
Dumbarton Oaks V/2 745/748;  LPC p.220, 24; PCPC 221; Sear Byzantine 2385
Ex CNG 338E/311, 5.11.2014