365, Lot: 393. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Theodore II Ducas-Lascaris. Emperor of Nicaea, 1254-1258. AV Hyperpyron (23mm, 1.30 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Dated RY 1 (1257/8). Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing; A to to left; Δ to right / Theodore, holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos. DOC 4a; SB 2136. VF, inverted Π graffito on obverse, numerous small peck marks on heads of emperor and Theotokos.