342, Lot: 855. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. BI Trachy (30mm, 4.03 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Facing bust of Christ Emmanuel / John, holding labarum, and St. Constantine, supporting patriarchal cross between them. DOC 39.2 (this coin); SB 2093. VF, earthen green-brown patina, some encrustation, flan split.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex “Despot Collection of Late Byzantine Coins” (LHS 97, 10 May 2006), lot 128.