Watch List notes:

Giovanni VIII Paleologo (1391-1448), emperor of Bisanzio (1425).
Cast uniface medal 1425, opus: Antonio di Puccio Pisano called Pisanello. AE (g 307,5; mm 101,6). IωANNHC BACIΛEVC KAI AVTO KPATωPPωMAIωN O ΠAΛAIOΛOΓOC, bust turned to the right of the emperor with a long beard and hair in curls, wearing a dome cap tall hat, Kress 1 (example in lead mm103); Pollard 2 e 2a (1°es. AE mm 103,2; 2°es. AE mm 102); Armand I,7,20; BÖner 20,5; Hill 19.
Beautiful cast back, hole.

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