John VIII Palaeologus (AD 1421/5-1448). AR stavraton (21mm, 7.06 gm, 1h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 5/5. 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). From the Santa Monica Collection

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