SH35563. Silver half stavraton, SBCV 2565, VF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 2.994g, maximum diameter 19.2mm, die axis 45
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 BACIΛEVC O ΠAΛEOΛ (King John Palaeologus, blundered), bust of John VIII facing, bearded, nimbate, wearing crown with pendilia and scalloped tippet, one pellet in both left and right fields;
scarce;
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