Heritage World Coin Auctions - Showcase Auction 61386, Lot 24244
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John VIII Palaeologus (AD 1421/5-1448). AR stavraton (23mm, 7.05 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 3/5. Constantinople. Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, book of Gospels in left hand; IC-XC across fields, pellets within double border around / + IΩANHC ΔECΠOTIC O ΠΑΛЄΟΛΟΓOC / ΘV XAPITI AVTOKPATOP, nimbate bust of John VIII facing, crowned and wearing loros; pellet in left and right fields. Sear 2564 (AR half-hyperpyron).
Ex Economopoulos Numismatics, private sale with old dea...