Watch List notes:

Constantine XI. Palaeologus. 1448-1453 AD. Stavrata, 6.80g (12h). Constantinople, Siege of Constantinople. Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cruciger and holding book of Gospels, IC and B to left and right. Rx: KWNCTANTINOC ΔΕCΠΟΤΗC Ο ΠΑΛΕΟΛΟΓ in the outer circle, ΘV ΧΑΡΙΤΗ ΒΑCΙΛΕΩC ΡΟΜΕΟΝ in the inner circle, Crowned bust of Constantine facing, wearing maniakon. Bendall, Revue Numismatique 1991, 'The Coinage of Constantine XI', pp. 135-142, pl. XV, 93 (this coin). EF for issue

Purchased from Harlan J. Berk Ltd., 16 July 1990. From the Constantine XI Hoard