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John III Ducas-Vatatzes, Empire of Nicaea (AD 1221/2-1254). AV hyperpyron (29mm, 4.52 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, edge crimp. Magnesia. Christ seated facing on backless throne, wearing nimbus cruciger with one pellet in each arm, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left; IC-XC (barred) across fields, double border / Iw / ΔЄC/ΠO/Tw/Π-ΦV/PO/ΓЄ/NH (ligate)/T, The Virgin (on right), nimbate, standing facing, wearing pallium and maphorium, crowning with right hand John III (on left), standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia, divitision, and loros, labarum in right hand, akakia in left; MHP (ligate) above. Sear 2073. A particularly thorough example of full weight. Clearly struck for the issue.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Glenn W. Woods, private sale with old dealer's tag
John III was an energetic and capable ruler, and his conquests and consolidation of the Nicaean state paved the way for the the recapture of Constantinople and the restoration of the Byzantine Empire.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-john-iii-ducas-vatatzes-empire-of-nicaea-ad-1221-2-1254-av-hyperpyron-29mm-452-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au/a/61288-95329.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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John III Ducas-Vatatzes, Empire of Nicaea (AD 1221/2-1254). AV hyperpyron (29mm, 4.52 gm, 6h). NGC Choice AU 4/5 - 4/5, edge crimp. Magnesia. Christ seated facing on backless throne, wearing nimbus cruciger with one pellet in each arm, pallium, and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels in left; IC-XC (barred) across fields, double border / Iw / ΔЄC/ΠO/Tw/Π-ΦV/PO/ΓЄ/NH (ligate)/T, The Virgin (on right), nimbate, standing facing, wearing pallium and maphorium, crowning with right hand John III (on left), standing facing, wearing crown with pendilia, divitision, and loros, labarum in right hand, akakia in left; MHP (ligate) above. Sear 2073. A particularly thorough example of full weight. Clearly struck for the issue.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Glenn W. Woods, private sale with old dealer's tag
John III was an energetic and capable ruler, and his conquests and consolidation of the Nicaean state paved the way for the the recapture of Constantinople and the restoration of the Byzantine Empire.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/byzantine/ancients-john-iii-ducas-vatatzes-empire-of-nicaea-ad-1221-2-1254-av-hyperpyron-29mm-452-gm-6h-ngc-choice-au/a/61288-95329.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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