Exceptional Stavraton

365, Lot: 395. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Manuel II Palaeologus. 1391-1425. AR Stavraton (24mm, 7.16 g). Light (Class II) coinage. Constantinople mint. Struck 1403-1425. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; sigla: pellet above K to left, pellet above M to right / Crowned facing bust of Manuel; sigla: pellet | pellet. DOC 1397; Bendall 332, unlisted sigla; SB 2549. EF, sharp strike on a broad flan. Exceptional for this issue.