John III (AD 1221/2-1254). AV Hyperpyron (28mm, 4.31 gm, 5h). NGC Choice XF 4/5 - 2/5, edge crimps, graffiti. Magnesia. Christ seated facing on backless throne, wearing nimbus cruciger with single pellet in each arm, pallium and colobium, right hand raised in benediction, book of Gospels cradled in left arm; IC-XC (barred) across fields, double border / IΩ / ΔΕ/CΠ-TΩ (monogram) / Π/Θ, the Virgin (on right), nimbate, standing facing, wearing pallium and maphorium, crowning with right hand John III (on left), standing facing, wearing divitision and loros, labarum in right hand, akakia in left; MHP (ligate) above, ΘV to right. Sear 2073.

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