John III of Nicaea AD 1222-1254. Magnesia
Hyperpyron AV
26mm., 4,17g.
[IC - XC], Christ enthroned facing, nimbate, wearing tunic and colobion, raising his right hand in benediction and holding Book of Gospels in his left / John on left wearing divitision and loros, holding anexikakia in his left hand and labarum in his right, crowned by the Virgin on right, at sides of the Virgin's head, [MP - ΘV].
very fine
DOC 5; SB 2073.