Watch List notes:

John VIII, 1423-1448 AD. Half Hyperpyron; John VIII, 1423-1448 AD; Constantinople, Stavraton (Half Hyperpyron), 6.98g. Sear-2564, Bendall-LPC, p. 172. Obv: Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator; no sigla. Rx: + IWANHC ?EC?OTHC O ???????GOC (outer circle); + TV XAPITI AVTOKPATWP (inner circle); facing bust of John, crowned and nimbate; sigla: pellet | pellet. Ex Andre C. Dimitriadis Collection. Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1991), lot 152.. VF

Buy Price: $1500