Watch List notes:

John VIII, Palaeologus. 1423-1448 AD. Half Hyperpryon, 6.98g (7h). Constantinople. Obv: Facing bust of Christ Pantocrator; no sigla / + IWANHC ΔECΠOTHC O ΠΑΛΕΟΛΟΓOC (outer circle); + ΘV XAPITI AVTOKPATWP (inner circle). Rx: Facing bust of John, crowned and nimbate; sigla: pellet | pellet.. Sear 2564. Bendall, LPC, p. 172, 1. EF for issue

Ex Helianthus annuus Collection. Ex Andre C. Dimitriadis Collection. Ex William Herbert Hunt Collection (Sotheby's New York, 21 June 1991), lot 152