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Two Very Rare Basilika

307, Lot: 381. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John V Palaeologus. 1341-1391. AR Basilikon (16mm, 1.04 g, 6h). Constantinople mint. Struck late 1341(?). Full-length figures of St. Demetrius, holding cross before chest, and Andronicus, orans, standing facing / Half-length figure of John V, holding cross potent and globus cruciger, below figure of Christ with hands outstretched. DOC 944 var. (John holding labarum and globus cruciger); PCPC 199 var. (same); LPC p. 120, 7 var. (same); SB 2474 var. (same). Good VF, toned. Very rare type, and possibly an unpublished variety.


All the above cited references with the exception of DOC place the coin under Andronicus III. See DOC pp. 176-7 for the attribution to John V’s reign, rather than late in Andronicus’.