318, Lot: 898. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (28mm, 4.49 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator seated facing; pellet to right above throne / John standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned by the Virgin Mary. DOC 6b; SB 2073. Good VF, scuffs in margin.

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