112, Lot: 302. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EMPIRE of NICAEA. John III, Ducas-Vatatzes. 1222-1254. AR Trachy (29mm, 1.97 gm). Magnesia mint. Archangel Michael, nimbate, standing facing, holding trilobe sceptre and globus cruciger / John, standing facing, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum-headed sceptre and patriarchal cross. DOC IV 27; SB 2081. Near VF, wrinkled flan, minor porosity.