CNG 105, Lot: 1065. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2005. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus. 1341-1391. AR Basilikon (20mm, 1.21 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). EF, toned. Very rare, only seven specimens in CoinArchives.

From the Iconodule Collection.