320, Lot: 656. Estimate $200. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.47 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / John standing facing, holding labarum, being crowned by the Virgin Mary. DOC 4; SB 2073. VF, ding on obverse, graffiti in margins.