SH90643. Silver half stavraton, DOC V 1765 (see 1759 - 1762 for rev die match, but sigla 4); Bendall PCPC 349, sigla 5; SBCV 2565; Grierson 1519, Sommer 89.1, Ratto 2269, VF, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, weight 3.571g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 225
o, 1421 - 1444; obverse IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) across field, over pellet left and lis right (sigla 5), bust of Christ facing, cross nimbus, tunic and himation, right raised in benediction, Gospels in left, double border with eight pellets between; reverse IΩANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠAΛEOΛOΓOC, bust of John VIII facing, bearded, nimbate, crown with pendilia, pellet in left and right fields;
rare;
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