Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1173. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $230. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexius I Comnenus. 1081-1118. AR Histamenon Nomisma (4.14 g, 6h). Thessalonica mint. Pre-Reform coinage, circa 1082-1092. Facing bust of Christ Pantokrator / Standing facing figures of St. Demetrius, nimbate, holding sword, handing patriarchal cross to Alexius, wearing crown and loros. DOC 5a; SB 1905. VF, light double strike.