Sale: CNG 73, Lot: 1071. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2006.  Sold For $330. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. AR Stavraton (7.30 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Facing bust of Christ, nimbate, raising hand in benediction, holding Gospels; sigla class 1a / Facing bust of John, nimbate and crowned. DOC V 1611-1621; SB 2653. Good VF, light gray tone with golden hues, usual areas of flat strike.

From the Henry Chitwood Collection.