CNG 99, Lot: 903. Estimate $200. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. AR Half Stavraton (19mm, 3.39 g). Brockage strike. Constantinople mint. Incuse of reverse / Crowned facing bust of John; pellet to left and right. DOC 1753 (for another brockage from the same rev. die); Bendall 349; LPC p. 172, 2; SB 2565. Good VF, toned.