Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 2298. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

NICEPHORUS III, Botaniates. 1078-1081 AD. EL Histamenon (4.34 gm). Constantinople mint. Christ enthroned on square-backed throne (hand NOT in benediction -misdescribed) / Nicephorus standing on footstool, holding plain-shafted labarum and globus cruciger. DOC III 2; SB 1882. VF, toned, flan slightly irregular. Scarce. ($300)