208, Lot: 447. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel II Palaeologus. 1391-1425. AR Half Stavraton (20mm, 3.84 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ / Facing bust of Manuel, B to left, retrograde B to right. DOC IV 1431; Bendall 334.19 (same rev. die); SB 2551. VF, lightly toned, typical minor porosity.

Ex Rauch 83 (14-15 November 2008), lot 542