CNG 99, Lot: 883. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus. 1341-1391. AR Basilikon (19mm, 1.22 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck late 1341(?). Half-length figure of John V, holding labarum and globus cruciger, below figure of Christ with hands outstretched / Full-length figures of St. Demetrius, holding cross before chest, and Andronicus, orans, standing facing. DOC 944; PCPC 199 (Andronicus III); LPC p. 120, 7 (Andronicus III); SB 2474 (Andronicus III). VF, toned, scratches in obverse field. Very rare.

From the Prue Morgan Fitts Collection. Ex Moneta Imperii Romani Byzantini Collection (Stack’s, 12 January 2009), lot 3346; Lanz 76 (18 May 1996), lot 1007.