TYPE Byzantine Empire, Andronikos II Palaiologos (1282-1328 AD), bronze trachy, Thessalonika mint DESCRIPTION . Obv: Patriarchal cross, star on each side Rev: Emperor holding cross in circle in each hand, Greek legend AND [...] REFERENCE: SB 2387 GRADING: F+ / AVF, dark patina, heavily clipped (leaving much design off flan), rare ORDER INFO: B1879, $62 A rare issue, clipped on an already undersized trachy flan; still, the obv. clearly shows the left side of the cross and one of the 6-ray stars, and the rev. about a third of the emperor and one of the two peculiar "long crosses in circle" that he holds.