404, Lot: 623. Estimate $200. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. AR Stavraton (25mm, 7.19 g, 7h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator; no
sigla / Crowned facing bust of John;
sigla: pellet | pellet. DOC 1665-1714, but cf. 1741-4 (same rev. die); PCPC 348.17, 20, and 25, sigla 18; SB 2564. Good VF, toned, some striking weakness.