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Constantine XI Palaeologus (AD 1448-1453). AR eighth-stavraton (12mm, 0.60 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1453. IC-XC, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left; •-• (sigla) across fields / K/T-T/N, bust of Constantine XI facing, wearing crown with pendilia and maniakon. Sear -, cf. 2569 (half-stavraton). DOC 1789. S. Bendall, "The Coinage of Constantine XI," Revue Numismatique 1991, -. Extremely rare and historically important. No apparent matches to known examples in Bendall. Far more carefully engraved and produced than most known examples.
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD
Constantine XI Palaeologus (AD 1448-1453). AR eighth-stavraton (12mm, 0.60 gm, 6h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 4/5. Constantinople, AD 1453. IC-XC, bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left; •-• (sigla) across fields / K/T-T/N, bust of Constantine XI facing, wearing crown with pendilia and maniakon. Sear -, cf. 2569 (half-stavraton). DOC 1789. S. Bendall, "The Coinage of Constantine XI," Revue Numismatique 1991, -. Extremely rare and historically important. No apparent matches to known examples in Bendall. Far more carefully engraved and produced than most known examples.
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HID02906262019
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Estimate: 8000-12000 USD