228, Lot: 354. Estimate $200. Sold for $215. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.42 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck 1227-1232. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; four pellets to left and right of throne / Half-length facing busts of John and the Theotokos (Virgin Mary) holding patriarchal cross between them. DOC 1 var. (no pellets); SB 2072. VF, some light scratches and striking weakness.