SH22813. Silver half stavraton, SBCV 2563 - 2564, gVF, toned, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 7.093g, maximum diameter 23.6mm, die axis 0
o, obverse bust of Christ facing, cross nimbus, tunic and himation, right hand raised in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) across field, double border with eight pellets between; reverse IWANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC / ΘV XARITI AVTOKPATOP (or similar), bust of John VIII facing, bearded, nimbate, crown with pendilia, pellet in left and right fields;
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