313, Lot: 495. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. BI Aspron Trachy (24mm, 1.68 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Three-quarter length figure of Archangel Michael, holding [sword and globus cruciger] / John standing facing, holding [akakia] and globus cruciger, being crowned by Christ. DOC 35; SB 2089. Near VF, brown patina, surface cracks.

From the Iconodule Collection.