Three Rare Iakov Svetoslav Trachea

CNG 108, Lot: 838. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BULGARIA, Second Empire. Iakov Svetoslav. Despotes in Vidin, 1263-1275. Æ Trachy (22mm, 1.80 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. Half-length facing bust of St. Dimitrii, orans / Half-length facing bust of Iakov Svetoslav, holding sword and shield. Raduchev & Zhekov 1.5.1 (R7); Youroukova & Penchev 139; D&D 5.1.2. VF, brown patina. Rare.

From the Iconodule Collection.

Jakov Svetoslav, who was successful in recovering the Bulgarian city of Vidin from the Hungarians in 1263, became its independent ruler until 1275.