1221 - 1254 AD GOLD BYZANTINE EMPIRE JOHN III DOUKAS NICAEA HYPERPYRON NGC CH AU
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:36938097 | Certification: NGC |
| Grade: CHOICE AU |
GOLD HYPERPYRON NOMISMA COINBYZANTINE EMPIRE OF NICAEA (1204-1261)REIGN OF EMPEROR JOHN III DOUKAS VATATZES (1221-1254)
CERTIFIED BY NGC CHOICE ABOUT UNCIRCULATED
OBVERSE: CHRIST PANTOCRATOR ENTHRONED FACING CROSSED NIMBUS, WEARING PALLIUM AND COLOBIUM, RASING HAND IN BENEDICTION AND HOLDING GOSPELS IN THE OTHER.
REVERSE: JOHN III FACING AND WEARING THE LOROS AND HOLDING THE LABARUM AND ...AKAKIA, BEING CROWNED AND BLESSED BY THE VIRGIN MARY.SCYPHATE (CUP SHAPED) COIN CONTAINS 4.7 GRAMS OF .900 - .950 GOLD26 TO 29 MM IN DIAMETERMAGNESIA MINT
NICAEA WAS THE LARGEST OF THE STATES REORGANIZED BY THE BYZANTINE ARISTOCRACY AFTER THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE TO VENETIAN AND WESTERN EUROPEAN LATIN CHRISTIANS DURING THE FOURTH CRUSADE. EMPEROR JOHN III DUCAS IS CONSIDERED TO HAVE BEEN A SUCCESFUL AND WISE RULER.HE LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE RECOVERY OF CONSTANTINOPLE FROM THE LATINS, MAINTAINED PEACFUL TERMS WITH THE BULGARS AND THE RUM SULTANATE AND ENGAGED IN DIPLOMACY WITH THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE AND THE PAPACY. HE SUFFERED FROM EPILEPSY, BUT WAS AN ABLE MILITARY LEADER WHO EXPANDED HIS EMPIRE INTO EUROPE AND THE AEGEAN.
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