CNG 96, Lot: 1041. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John VI Cantacuzene. Second reign, 1353-1354. AR Basilikon (19mm, 1.48 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; retrograde B and [H] to left, N to right / St. Demetrius, holding cross, and John, raising hands in adoration, standing slightly facing one another. DOC –; PCPC 302 (not represented in collection); LPC p. 148, 2; SB 2541. Near VF, slightly wavy, stress crack on obverse. Rare.