CNG 94, Lot: 1541. Estimate $400. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (29mm, 3.96 g, 6h). Second coinage. Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benedicton; pellets at ends of throne / John standing facing, holding labarum, being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing, head slightly left. DOC 4b; LBC 203; SB 2073. Good VF.

From the Iconodule Collection.