Watch List notes:

John V Palaeologus, with John VI, 1341-1391. Basilikon (Silver, 17 mm, 1.16 g, 1 h), Constantinopolis. ΜΗ-ΘV - ΙC-X The Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium, holding infant Christ, nimbate, on her left arm. Rev. ΙⲰЄΝΧⲰΤ - ΙⲰЄΝΧⲰT John V, on the left, standing facing, wearing loros, placing his right hand on his chest, and John VI, on the right, standing facing, wearing loros, placing his left hand on his chest, holding long cross between them. DOC 1195. LBC -. LPC 142.5. PCPC (290). SB 2530. Very rare and beautifully toned. Minor areas of weakness, otherwise, about extremely fine.


From a German collection of late Byzantine silver coins, formed in the late 1990s and early 2000s.