CNG 94, Lot: 1543. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (26mm, 4.42 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. Near EF, areas of flat strike.

From the Sasha Collection.