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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Quant.Geek, post: 5127148, member: 74799&quot;]There were a few coins I picked up in several recent auctions, including some of the overstrikes I have shown earlier.&nbsp; Here is a mis-attributed trachy that was listed as John II Comnenus Aspron Trachy, when in fact, it is a trachy of John III Ducas-Vatatzes of Nicaea:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/36484/Sear-2092.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><b> Empire of Nicaea: John III Ducas-Vatazes (1222-1254) BI Trachy, Magnesia (Sear 2092; DOC IV, Type D 38; Lianta 226-27) </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Obv: IC XC in upper field; Full-length figure of Christ, bearded and nimbate; right hand raised in benediction; left hand holds Gospel; Cross on either side in field</p><p>Rev: IШΔ-OΔK, MP - ΘV in upper right field; Figure of emperor on left, and of Virgin nimbate between them patriarchal cross on long shaft at the base of which a globe; Emperor wears stemma, divitision, jeweled loros of simplified type and sagion; right hand holds labarum-headed scepter</p><p>Dim: 34 mm, 3.87 g, 6 h[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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