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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ValiantKnight, post: 7616368, member: 44210&quot;]As close to the end as I can get. I like to think of the possibility these two might’ve been in the city during the siege and it’s fall. I’ll call it Istanbul when talking to others but in my heart the city will always be Constantinople <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>John VIII Palaiologos</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AR stavraton</p><p><b>Obv</b>: IC-XC, Facing bust of Christ, surrounded by eight dots</p><p><b>Rev</b>: IWANHC DECPOTIC O PALEOLOGOC QV XAPITI AVTOKPATOP in two lines around nimbate facing bust of the emperor, dot to left and right</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Constantinople</p><p><b>Date</b>: 1425-1448</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 2563</p><p><b>Size</b>: 6.66 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/johnstavraton-jpg.1147469/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b><u>John VIII Palaiologos</u>, Byzantine Empire</b></p><p>AR half-stavraton</p><p><b>Obv</b>: IC-XC, Facing bust of Christ</p><p><b>Rev</b>: IWANHC DECPOTIC Q PALEOLOGOC, nimbate facing bust of the emperor</p><p><b>Mint</b>: Constantinople</p><p><b>Date</b>: 1425-1448</p><p><b>Ref</b>: SB 2565</p><p><b>Size</b>: 3.3 gr.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.cointalk.com/attachments/johnhalfstavraton-jpg.1147470/" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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