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Restored Palaiologan Empire

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Michael VIII Gold Hyperpyron

AD 1261–1282

The Virgin within Constantinople’s walls faces Michael VIII, celebrating the restoration of the capital and the birth of the Palaiologan dynasty.

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Andronicus II Gold Hyperpyron

AD 1282–1328

The Virgin shelters Constantinople while Andronicus II kneels before Christ, an image of humility from a reign confronting the empire’s accelerating contraction.

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Andronicus II and Michael IX Gold Hyperpyron

c. AD 1294–1320

The Virgin guards the capital while Christ receives Andronicus II and Michael IX, using sacred ceremony to stabilize a difficult father-and-son partnership.

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