CNG 94, Lot: 1542. Estimate $300. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (27mm, 4.16 g, 6h). Second coinage. Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, raising hand in benedicton; pellets at ends of throne, small cross above to left / John standing facing, holding labarum, being crowned by the Theotokos standing facing, head slightly left. DOC 4c; LBC 203-8 var. (no small cross on obverse); SB 2073. EF, graffito ‘MI (cruciform monogram)’ in margin.