152, Lot: 251. Estimate $200. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

John III Ducas (Vatatzes). Emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. AV Hyperpyron (28mm, 4.30 g, 6h). Magnesia mint. Struck circa 1232-1254. Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; small cross in left field / John, wearing loros and holding labarum and akakia, standing facing, crowned by the Virgin (Theotokos). DOC IV 4f; SB 2073. VF, area of flat strike.