Unique

Triton XX, Lot: 1096. Estimate $1500. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AR Trachy (31mm, 2.40 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. The Virgin Mary, orans, standing facing; (MP) ΘV across upper field, cross of four pellets to either side / John standing facing, holding star-tipped scepter in right hand, globus surmounted by patriarchal cross in left. S. Bendall, “Some unpublished late Byzantine coins,” NumCirc (August 2002), no. 3 (this coin); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, minor edge chip. Unique.