Watch List notes:

Constantine XI. Palaeologus. 1448-1453 AD. Eighth-stravrata, 0.48g (12h). Constantinople, Siege of Constantinople. Obv: Bust of Christ facing, wearing nimbus cr. and holding book of Gospels, IC and B to left and right. Rx: Crowned bust of Constantine facing, wearing maniakon. Bendall, Revue Numismatique 1991, 'The Coinage of Constantine XI', p. 135-142. pl. XVII, 148 (this coin). EF for issue

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