347, Lot: 597. Estimate $150. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. AR Half Stavraton (17mm, 3.28 g, 2h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; barred IC XC across field; no
sigla / Crowned facing bust of John;
sigla: [pellet] | pellet. DOC 1771-80; Bendall 349.12,
sigla 18; SB 2565. VF, some areas of striking weakness. Typical crude strike.
From the Collection of a Southern Pathologist.