Empire of Nicaea Coin
About Empire of Nicaea Coin
Coins of the Empire of Nicaea, one of the Byzantine successor states after the Fourth Crusade. Emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes issued high quality gold hyperpyra maintaining Byzantine traditions. The Nicaean coins were superior in purity to contemporary Latin Empire issues. When Michael VIII recaptured Constantinople in 1261, Nicaean coinage became the restored Byzantine coinage. Nicaean coins are important evidence of Byzantine continuity during the Latin occupation.
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