Watch List notes:

John Comnenus-Ducas. As emperor of Thessalonica, 1237-1242. BI Aspron Trachy (14mm, 0.99 g). Series III. Thessalonica mint. Pelleted cross with pellets in quarters; all within pelleted circle set on decorated base / Half-length figure of John facing, holding labarum and akakia, beneath pelleted arch. S. Bendall, "Notes on the Coinage in the name of John Comnenus-Ducas of Thessalonica (AD 1237-44)," in NC 162 (2002), 25; DOC 36; CLBC 14.11.3; SB 2221; cf. CNG 473, lot 427. Brown patina, weakly struck on obverse. VF. Rare.

From the Collection of a Philhellene.