323, Lot: 517. Estimate $200. Sold for $220. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (29mm, 3.97 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing / John standing facing, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned by the Virgin Mary. DOC 5; SB 2073. VF, scratches and graffiti, formerly mounted at roughly 3 and 9 o’clock, with two soldering beads and some resulting damage.