CNG 94, Lot: 1540. Estimate $200. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore I Comnenus-Lascaris. Emperor of Nicaea, 1208-1222. BI Aspron Trachy (28mm, 4.23 g, 6h). First coinage. Nicaea mint. Struck circa 1205-1212. The Theotokos enthroned facing, holding infant Christ / Theodore, holding labarum, and military saint, each holding long patriarchal cross between them. DOC 5a; LBC 138-41; SB 2061. Good VF, brown patina, flan split.

From the Sasha Collection. Ex vAuctions 273 (24 November 2011), lot 507.