455, Lot: 457. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (25.5mm, 4.32 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; pellet in right field above throne / John, wearing loros and holding labarum and akakia, standing facing and being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos. DOC IV 6b; SB 2073. Toned, graffiti in obverse margin. Near EF.

From the Jack A. Frazer Collection. Ex Berk BBS 32 (12 June 1984), lot 41.