394, Lot: 551. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AR Trachy (30mm, 2..48 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Facing bust of Christ Emmanuel / John and St. Theodore standing facing, each holding sword and supporting patriarchal cross between them. DOC (23a) (same rev. die); SB 2077. VF, flan edge a little ragged. Very rare, only four specimens on CoinArchives.