Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 1462. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EMPIRE of NICAEA. John III, Ducas-Vatatzes. 1222-1254. AR Trachy (2.11 gm, 6h). Magnesia mint. Archangel Michael, nimbate, standing facing, holding trilobe sceptre and globus cruciger / IW [...] O D_KAC, John, standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum-headed sceptre and patriarchal cross. DOC IV 27; SB 2081. Near EF, light graffiti in margins. ($300)