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Constantine XI Palaeologus (AD 1448-1453). AR stavraton (22mm, 6.52 gm, 6h). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, AD 1453. IC-XC barred, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left; •-• (sigla) across fields, all in pelleted linear border within larger pelleted linear border containing eight points in margin between / KwNCTANTINOC ΔЄCΠOTHC O ΠAΛЄOΛOΓ / ΘV XAPITH BACIΛЄVC POMЄON, legend in the margins of two concentric pelleted rings, bust of Constantine XI facing, wearing crown with pendilia and maniakon; •-• (sigla) across fields. Sear -, cf. 2569 (half-stavraton). DOC 1787. S. Bendall, "The Coinage of Constantine XI," Revue Numismatique 1991, pl. XIV, 81 (this coin). Extremely rare. Dark toning with areas of red and blue. Note - the plates in Bendall incorrectly pair the obverse and reverse of 81 and 82.
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Constantine XI Palaeologus (AD 1448-1453). AR stavraton (22mm, 6.52 gm, 6h). NGC AU 4/5 - 5/5. Constantinople, AD 1453. IC-XC barred, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left; •-• (sigla) across fields, all in pelleted linear border within larger pelleted linear border containing eight points in margin between / KwNCTANTINOC ΔЄCΠOTHC O ΠAΛЄOΛOΓ / ΘV XAPITH BACIΛЄVC POMЄON, legend in the margins of two concentric pelleted rings, bust of Constantine XI facing, wearing crown with pendilia and maniakon; •-• (sigla) across fields. Sear -, cf. 2569 (half-stavraton). DOC 1787. S. Bendall, "The Coinage of Constantine XI," Revue Numismatique 1991, pl. XIV, 81 (this coin). Extremely rare. Dark toning with areas of red and blue. Note - the plates in Bendall incorrectly pair the obverse and reverse of 81 and 82.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 20000-30000 USD