mintmark Regular 6-pointed star
1 gDiameter 36 mm
having been charged with high treason
Crisp detail
Engraved to 15084 Driver W
Byzantine. Andronicus II Palaeologus. Gold Hyperpyron. 1325-1334 #sherborne mintmark Regular 6-pointed starByzantine Empire, Andronicus II Palaeologus, with Andronicus III (1325 1334), EL Hyperpyron, Obv. bust of Virgin Mary, orans, within city walls furnished with six groups of towers, Rev. Christ, flanked by IC XC, blessing Andronicus II and Andronicus III, kneeling to left and right, respectively, to left and right, names of the emperors surround 25mm approx. 4. 38g (SB 2461), Striking cracks to flan as pictured, but solid and intact. Clear struck