BZ86361. Silver half stavraton, quarter hyperpyron, sigla 8; DOC V 1343 (O11/R4), Bendall PCPC 346.8; Sommer 89.1; Ratto 2269; SBCV 2562, Grierson -, VF, well centered on a tight flan, toned, flan cracks, Imperial mint, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 3.591g, maximum diameter 20.2mm, die axis 180
o, 1399 - 1402; obverse bust of Christ facing, cross nimbus, tunic and himation, right raised in benediction, Gospels in left, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) across field, double border with C - P between on opposite sides at center and 14 pellets around; reverse + IWANIC BACIΛEVC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓO (King John Palaeologus), bust of John VII facing, bearded, nimbate, crown with pendilia, pellet in left and right fields;
rare;
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