SH06214. Silver half stavraton, SBCV 2565, DOC V variety 4a, aEF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 3.37g, maximum diameter 19.8mm, die axis 0
o, obverse bust of Christ facing, cross nimbus, tunic and himation, rightraised in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) across field, double border with eight pellets between; reverse + IWANHC BACIΛEVC O ΠAΛEOΛ (King John Palaeologus), bust of John VIII facing, bearded, nimbate, wearing crown with pendilia and scalloped tippet, one pellet in both left and right fields; from the Woolslayer Collection;
scarce;
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