240, Lot: 560. Estimate $100. Sold for $245. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BULGARIA, Second Empire. Jakov Svetoslav. Despotes in Vidin, 1263–1275. Æ Trachy (23mm, 1.91 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 139. Fine, rough dark green patina.

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