CNG 112, Lot: 698. Estimate $2000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John VI Cantacuzene. Second reign, 1353-1354. AR Basilikon (16mm, 0.71 g, 6h). Didymoteichon(?) mint. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; IC XC across upper field; B to left, Φ/Ρ to right / St. Demetrius holding small cross, standing slightly right, extending hand to John, orans, standing facing. Cf. DOC 1206; cf. A. Veglery & A. Millas, “Gold and silver coins of the time of John V,” NumCirc LXXX/9 (September 1972), 5; LPC p. 150, 3; PCPC (303); SB 2542. Toned. Good VF. Extremely rare.

From the Iconodule Collection.