John III Ducas (Vatatzes), emperor of Nicaea, 1222-1254. Hyperpyron (Gold, 25 mm, 3.94 g, 6 h), Magnesia, circa 1232-1254. IC - XC Christ, nimbate, seated facing on throne, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left. Rev. John III standing facing on the left, wearing crown and loros, holding labarum in his right hand and anexikakia in his left, crowned by the Virgin Mary, nimbate, standing facing on the right; above, MP - ΘV. DOC 5. SB 2073. Slightly clipped and with a faint graffito on the obverse and a light scratch on the reverse, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.

From the Nea Rhomē Collection, formed in the early 2000s.