John III Ducas-Vatazes AR Trachy. Emperor of Nicaea. Magnesia, AD 1221-1254. Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobium, holding book of Gospels and scroll; barred [IC-XC O ЄMMANOHΛ or similar] in two columns across fields / Emperor standing facing, wearing stemma, divitision, jewelled loros and sagion, holding labarum-headed sceptre and akakia; [star] on sagion, [IѠΔЄCΠ or similar] to left, [OΔOVKAC] to right. Sear 2080; cf. DOC 26 (electrum); Ira & Larry Goldberg 53, lot 2374. 1.07g, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine; wavy flan. Extremely Rare.
From a private German collection.