Sale: CNG 69, Lot: 1898. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 8 June 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

EMPIRE of NICAEA. Theodore II Ducas-Lascaris. 1254-1258. AV Hyperpyron (4.09 gm, 6h). Magnesia mint. Dated RY 1 (1254/5). Christ enthroned facing; " in right field / Standing facing figure of Theodore, holding labarum and anexikakia, crowned by the Virgin standing right. DOC IV pt. 2, 1 var. (regnal year); SB 2136. VF, more complete than the specimen illustrated in DOC. Rare. ($500)

An example from RY 2 is also known with the symbol reversed (B); cf. NumCirc 1975, p. 105.