Theodore II Ducas-Lascaris, emperor of Nicaea, 1254-1258. Hyperpyron (Gold, 26 mm, 4.28 g, 5 h), Magnesia, year 2 = 1255-1256. IC - XC Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobion, raising his right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in his left; in right field, B. Rev. Fragmentary inscription. Theodoros, on the left, standing facing, wearing divitision and loros, holding anexikakia in his left hand and labarum in his right, crowned by the Virgin, nimbate and standing facing on the right; at sides of the Virgin's head, MP - ΘV. DOC 2. SB 2136. Short flan crack, otherwise, very fine.
From the Trausnitz Collection, ex G. Hirsch 197, 26 November 1997, 770.