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    View Categories Home > Catalog > |Byzantine Coins| > |Empire of Nicaea| > |John III| > SH13538
Empire of Nicaea, John III Ducas-Vatatzes, c. 15 December 1221 - 3 November 1254
|John| |III|, |Empire| |of| || |Nicaea,| |John| |III| |Ducas-Vatatzes,| |c.| |15| |December| |1221| |-| |3| |November| |1254|, Most clipped coins were not clipped by individuals attempting to get a little free silver or gold; rather, they were clipped to match the weight of a denomination in use at a later time. This coin was likely clipped in the Middle Ages.
SH13538. Gold hyperpyron, DOC IV-2 4g, Hendy pl. 32, 2, SBCV 2073, Sommer 70.1, Ratto -, aEF, scyphate, clipped, Lydia, Magnesia ad Sipylum (Manisa, Turkey) mint, weight 2.891g, maximum diameter 20.3mm, die axis 180o, 1222 - 1254 A.D.; obverse Christ seated facing on throne without back, nimbate, wears tunic and kolobion, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ) divided across field, four pellets (siglon) above throne on right; reverse IW DECΠOTH TΩ <Θ>ΠOPΦ (or similar, blundered, mostly not struck), John on left, standing facing, wears stemma, divitision, collar-piece and loros, holding labarum in right hand, anexikakia in left; crowned by Virgin Mary on right, standing left, nimbate, wears tunic and maphorion, , MP - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) flanking her; SOLD










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