| Heritage World Coin Auctions > Showcase Auction 61386 | Auction date: 21 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 24233 Price realized: 300 USD (Approx. 282 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients John III Ducas-Vatatzes, Empire of Nicaea (AD 1221/2-1254). AV hyperpyron (30mm, 4.34 gm, 6h). NGC (photo-certificate) Choice XF 5/5 - 1/5, graffiti, damage. Magnesia. IC-XC (barred), Christ seated facing on backless throne, wearing nimbus cruciger, pallium, and colobium, raising right hand in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; double border / + IΩ ΔECΠOTH, half-length figures of John III (on left), wearing loros and crown with pendilia, akakia in right hand, and the Virgin (on right), nimbate, wearing pallium and maphorium, left hand raised in benediction, both holding long patriarchal cross between them; manus Dei above emperor, ΘV / MHP (barred, ligate) in fields around Virgin, double border. Sear 2072. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-john-iii-ducas-vatatzes-empire-of-nicaea-ad-1221-2-1254-av-hyperpyron-30mm-434-gm-6h-ngc-photo-ce/a/61386-24233.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61386-04212024 HID02906262019 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved |  |
