Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1897. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $635. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EMPIRE of NICAEA. Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris. 1208-1222. EL Trachy (3.91 gm, 6h). Magnesia mint? Christ enthroned facing; dots on Gospels, pellet on stalk on throne / Standing facing figures of Theodore and St. Theodore, both holding swords and staff topped by eight-pointed star. Bendall and Sellwood H/c1; DOC IV 2.3; SB 2064. Superb EF, flan crack. ($300)