Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 1740. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $2850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

JOHN V with JOHN VI. 1341-1391. AR Basilikon (1.02 gm). Constantinople mint. Struck 1347-1353. Christ standing in a mandorla framed by a lozenge; * B at sides / KNKZ, GU PLOL, the emperors standing facing, each holding a labarum-headed sceptre. DOC V -; Grierson 1326; SB 2528. Toned EF. Very rare. ($2000)

Possibly the finest known specimen of this rare basilikon, better than the piece in Triton III (1 December 1999), lot 1344, which sold for $4250.