CNG 97, Lot: 807. Estimate $200. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. Æ Trachy (30mm, 2.92 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Struck 1249/50-1254(?). Half-length figure of St. Demetrius facing, holding spear and shield / Half-length figure of John facing, wearing loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC 12; SB 2132. VF, green patina, small flan split.

From the Iconodule Collection.