1423 AD - 1448 AD

Ioannes VIII Palaeologus   Constantinopolis
Imperium Byzantinum
Ιωάννης Η' ο Παλαιολόγος   Kωνσταντινόπολις
Βυζαντινή Αυτοκρατορία
Stavraton / Σταύρατον AR 24
 SHH 5695

5695 Ioannes VIII Constantinopolis Stavraton AR

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Provenance
 6.20 g   23.7-24.9 mm   6:00 o'clock   VF
Bust of Christ, wearing nimbus cruciger; I / C // X / C on either side.
[IΩANNHCΔECPOTHCΟΠAΛAIOΛOΓOC / ΘEVXAPITIBACILEVCPOMEΩN]
on two lines, around nimbate bust of Emperor.
 Constantinople mint. 1/2 Hyperpyron.
Dumbarton Oaks V 2 1611/1750; LPC p. 172 1; Ratto 2268; Sear Byzantine 2564
Ex Hirsch Nachfolger 306/2437, 12.2.2015