Ruler
John III Ducas-Vatatzes
Value
Hyperpyron
Reverse Legend
Virgin Mary
Grade
nEF
Mint
Magnesia
Date
1222-1254 AD
Weigth and Diameter
2.96 g., 27 mm.
Metal
Gold
Byzantine Empire - John III Ducas-Vatatzes Emperor of Nicaea. AD 1222-1254.
Gold AV Hyperpyron (2.96 g., 27 mm.). Magnesia mint.
Christ enthroned facing, raising hand in benediction and holding Gospels; IC-XC across upper fields /
John standing facing, wearing stemma, divitision and loros, holding labarum and anexikakia, being crowned by the Virgin Mary, wearing tunic and kolobion; MHP monogram in upper field between them, IѠ-ΔЄ-Πo to left, IΦ-Β-ΠΡ-ΦV.
Cf. DOC 6 and Sear 2073.
nEF.
2022-6928 (5347)