Oslo Myntgalleri AS
Auction 30 7-8 May 2022
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John III (Emperor of Nicaea). AD 1222-1254. AV hyperpyron (3,57 g). Magnesia mint, struck AD 1232-1254. Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, wearing nimbus, pallium and colobium, raising hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels; IC - XC across upper fields; three pellets in right field / John standing facing, wearing divitision and loros, holding labarum and akakia, being crowned and blessed by the Theotokos. Well-struck for type. Flan crack at 12 o'clock. Clipped flan. Very detailed and attractive specimen. DOC 9d, SB 2073, Purchased from Münzhandlung Ritter, Germany, in 2008 Grade: 01