CNG 100, Lot: 2077. Estimate $500. Sold for $1051. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris. Emperor of Nicaea, 1208-1222. EL Aspron Trachy (33mm, 3.99 g, 6h). Nicaea mint. Struck 1208-1212(?). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; ornament on each side of throne / Theodore and St. Theodore standing facing, each holding sheathed sword and supporting between them a staff topped by eight-pointed star. DOC 2.3-4; SB 2064. Superb EF. Sharply struck from fresh dies.