Watch List notes:

BYZANTINE EMPIRE. John VIII Palaeologus. 1425-1448. Cast Æ Medal (98mm, 356.0 g, 12h). Later cast after Antonio Pisano (Pisanello). Circa 1439 original. + 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 1. Brown patina, pierced. Good VF. An attractive aftercast.