439, Lot: 615. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron Nomisma (19.5mm, 2.72 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; retrograde P above throne to right / John standing facing, holding labarum in right hand and akakia in left, being crowned by the Virgin Mary. Cf. DOC 18a; SB 2073. VF, toned, clipped.