Ex Bates Collection

CNG 102, Lot: 1211. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus, with John VI. 1341-1391. Æ Stamenon (25mm, 4.05 g, 12h). Thessalonica mint. John V standing facing, holding cruciform scepter and akakia; B’s flanking / John VI standing facing, holding cruciform scepter and akakia; B’s flanking. Cf. DOC 1204; Bendall & Donald, Additions 15; PCPC –; Bates Collection 3402A (this coin); SB 2595. VF, brown surfaces, holed. Extremely rare.

Ex Professor George E. Bates Collection.

One of a small number of plated coins in Bates’ publication of his collection (A Byzantine Coin Collection), privately printed in Boston in 1981.