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Byzantine Empire, Andronicus III Palaeologus, 24 May 1328 - 15 June 1341 A.D.
His grandfather disinherited him, so Andronicus III revolted, gaining joint rule. They fought again and in 1328 he took the city. Later Andronicus II was sent to a monastery to die old and blind. Andronicus III was at war his whole reign, chiefly with the Ottomans, who held almost all of Asia Minor even before his rule.ME92835. Silver reduced basilikon, DOC V 874 var. (B sigla without pellets, Γ / O / A reverse center), Bendall PCPC -, B-D LPC -, SBCV -, Sommer -, Lianta -, aVF, well centered, nice toning, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 1.591g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180o, 24 May 1328 - 15 Jun 1341 A.D.; obverse The Virgin orans standing facing, veiled, nimbate, MH - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: MΗTΗP ΘΕOY - Mother of God) flanking above hands, B• - •B (sigla, B on right reversed) divided across field; reverse ITHMHΔ ANΔPIK, St. Demetrius on left, standing facing, nimbate, holding cross to chest, and Andronicus on right, standing facing, crowned, placing hand on chest, Γ / P / Δ downward between; this is an unpublished variety of an extremely rare type, from Coin Archives we know of two other specimens; SOLD
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