SH83912. Silver half stavraton (Basileus series), quarter hyperpyron, sigla 37; Bendall PCPC 334.19; DOC V 1443; Grierson 1517; Sommer 88.2; SBCV 2551, EF, toned, irregular shaped flan, tiny edge split, reverse die crack, Imperial mint, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 3.650g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 45
o, 1403 - c. 1415; obverse bust of Christ facing, cross nimbus with pellets in arms, tunic and himation, right raised in benediction, Gospels in left, double border with pellets between, IC - XC flanking across field; reverse + MANOVHΛ BACIΛEVC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓO (King Manuel Palaeologus), bust of John VII facing, bearded, nimbate, crown with pendilia, pellet over B on left, pellet over reversed B on right; from the Robert Wachter Collection;
scarce;
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