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Auction: 12026 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 501

John VIII, Palaeologus (1423-48) (2), AR Half Hyperpyron, 6.56g, Constantinople, facing bust of Christ, rev. facing bust of John within double line of legend (Sear 2563), fine, reverse good fine, Quarter Hyperpyron, 3.55g, similar, but single line of legend (Sear 2565), fine, Theodore I (1208-22), billon Trachy, Nicaea, the Virgin (?) enthroned, rev. emperor and St. George standing facing, holding cross between them (cf. Sear 2061), fair (3)

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