Watch List notes:

BYZANTINE EMPIRE. John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. Cast Æ Medal (95mm, 302.3 g, 95h). By Antonio Pisano (Pisanello), circa 1395-1455. A much later reproduction. + ἸωÁNNHC · BACIΛЄὺC · KAῚ · ἈVTO KRÁTωP · ῬωMÁIωN · Ὁ · ΠAΛAIOΛOΓOC, bust right, wearing wide-brimmed hat with tall crown / OPVS · PISANI · PICTO/RIS ·, John on horseback right on rocky terrain; page on horseback to left, wayside cross to right; on banner in exergue, ἔPΓON · TȎV · ΠICÁNOV ZωΓPÁΦOV. Pollard, National Gallery 1. Brown surfaces. VF as made. A popular Renaissance medal of one of the last Roman emperors.

From the Peter J. Merani Collection, purchased from Hedley Betts.