BZ86359. Silver half stavraton, quarter hyperpyron, sigla 8; DOC V 1765 (same obv. die), Bendall PCPC 349.8 (same), Grierson 1519, Ratto 2269, Sommer 90.1, SBCV 2565, Lianta -, VF, toned, a little off center, porous, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 3.341g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 180
o, 1421 - 1444; obverse bust of Christ facing, cross nimbus, tunic and himation, right raised in benediction, Gospels in left, double border with eight pellets between, IC - XC across field, lis below left and nothing right; reverse IΩANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC (John Palaeologus, despot), bust of John VIII facing, bearded, nimbate, crown with pendilia, pellet in left and right fields;
rare;
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