398, Lot: 671. Estimate $75. Sold for $45. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris. Emperor of Nicaea, 1208-1222. BI Aspron Trachy (29mm, 3.85 g, 6h). First coinage. Nicaea mint. Struck circa 1205-1212. The Virgin enthroned facing, holding nimbate head of the Infant Christ / Theodore, holding labarum, and St. Theodore, holding spear, standing facing, both holding patriarchal cross between them . DOC 5a; SB 2061. Near VF, dark brown patina with touches of green, flatly struck in areas.

From the Iconodule Collection.