Details

Notes

Donald's note: vendor's ticket: K2730, 7 in circle, £ 70; on the back: NS81

Object Type

coin

Denomination

half-stavraton

Metal

Silver

Region

Byzantium

City

Constantinople

Ruler

John VII Palaeologus (1370 to 1408)

Date

1399 to 1403

Obverse Figure Description

Christ, Bust, facing, Bust of Christ facing, holding right hand before him in gesture of benediction, Gospel book in left, Ι̅Σ̅ Χ̅Σ̅ and sometimes siglon in field, border of 14 pellets

Obverse Symbol

Siglon: C Π in outside border, left and right

Reverse Figure Description

John VII, bust, facing, Bust of emperor facing, nimbate, pellet in left and right fields

Reverse Legend

+IWANIC BACIΛEVCΟΠAΛΕΟΛΟΓΟC

Citations

• DOC 5, Philip Grierson, Michael VIII to Constantine IX 1258-1453, 1999 (1328-1345)_1334-1335
• Sear, David R. Sear, Byzantine Coins and Their Values, 1987 cf. 2562

References

• DOC 5
• Sear