Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 1382. Estimate $400.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $520. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BULGARIA, Second Empire. Jakov Svetoslav. Despotes in Vidin, 1263–1275. Æ Trachy (1.48 g, 6h). Half-length facing bust of St. Dimitrii, orans / Half-length facing bust of Jakov Svetoslav, holding spear and shield. Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.5.1; Youroukova & Penchev 132. VF, green and brown patina.

Jakov Svetoslav, who was successful in recovering the Bulgarian city of Vidin from the Hungarians in 1263, became its independent ruler until 1275.